diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 530be4eca6..5c679882f2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2686,7 +2686,7 @@ C_SOURCES = $(patsubst %.o,%.c,$(C_OBJ))
 	then \
 		echo '    ' SPATCH result: $@; \
 	fi
-coccicheck: $(patsubst %.cocci,%.cocci.patch,$(wildcard contrib/coccinelle/*.cocci))
+coccicheck: $(addsuffix .patch,$(wildcard contrib/coccinelle/*.cocci))
 
 .PHONY: coccicheck