diff --git a/sys/conf/kmod.mk b/sys/conf/kmod.mk
index 86eb0f87e3c..67dcba4a725 100644
--- a/sys/conf/kmod.mk
+++ b/sys/conf/kmod.mk
@@ -137,13 +137,15 @@ CLEANFILES+=	${KMOD:S/$/.c/}
 .for _firmw in ${FIRMWS}
 ${_firmw:C/\:.*$/.fwo/}:	${_firmw:C/\:.*$//}
 	@${ECHO} ${_firmw:C/\:.*$//} ${.ALLSRC:M*${_firmw:C/\:.*$//}}
-.if !exists(${.CURDIR}/${_firmw:C/\:.*$//})
-	ln -s ${.ALLSRC:M*${_firmw:C/\:.*$//}} ${_firmw:C/\:.*$//}
-	${LD} -b binary ${LDFLAGS} -r -d -o ${.TARGET} ${_firmw:C/\:.*$//}
-	rm -f ${_firmw:C/\:.*$//}
-.else
-	${LD} -b binary ${LDFLAGS} -r -d -o ${.TARGET} ${_firmw:C/\:.*$//}
-.endif
+	@if [ -e ${.CURDIR}/${_firmw:C/\:.*$//} ]; then		\
+		${LD} -b binary ${LDFLAGS} -r -d -o ${.TARGET}	\
+		    ${_firmw:C/\:.*$//};			\
+	else							\
+		ln -s ${.ALLSRC:M*${_firmw:C/\:.*$//}} ${_firmw:C/\:.*$//}; \
+		${LD} -b binary ${LDFLAGS} -r -d -o ${.TARGET}	\
+		    ${_firmw:C/\:.*$//};			\
+		rm ${_firmw:C/\:.*$//};				\
+	fi
 
 OBJS+=	${_firmw:C/\:.*$/.fwo/}
 .endfor