diff --git a/e2fsprogs/Makefile.in b/e2fsprogs/Makefile.in
index b504975db..468888432 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/Makefile.in
+++ b/e2fsprogs/Makefile.in
@@ -39,21 +39,6 @@ UUID_SRC    := compare.c gen_uuid.c pack.c parse.c unpack.c unparse.c \
 UUID_SRCS   := $(patsubst %,uuid/%, $(UUID_SRC))
 UUID_OBJS   := $(patsubst %.c,%.o, $(UUID_SRCS))
 
-# for building out-of-tree we need to make sure that the directories to hold
-# the object tree are created
-$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, blkid e2fsck e2p ext2fs uuid):
-	@mkdir -p "$@"
-
-# make sure that the directories are order-only prerequisites. Otherwise we
-# may have object files created after the timestamp of the directory was
-# updated which would lead to spurious rebuilds (as some of the dentries
-# may be older than the dir itself).
-$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(BLKID_OBJS)):|$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/blkid
-$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(E2FSCK_OBJS)):|$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/e2fsck
-$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(E2P_OBJS)):|$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/e2p
-$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(EXT2FS_OBJS)):|$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/ext2fs
-$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(UUID_OBJS)):|$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/uuid
-
 E2FSPROGS-y:=
 E2FSPROGS-$(CONFIG_CHATTR)     += chattr.o $(E2P_OBJS)
 E2FSPROGS-$(CONFIG_E2FSCK)     += e2fsck.o util.o $(BLKID_OBJS) $(EXT2FS_OBJS) $(UUID_OBJS)
@@ -84,3 +69,18 @@ $(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/$(E2FSPROGS_AR): $(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(E2FSPROGS-y
 
 $(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%.o: $(subst $(top_builddir),$(top_srcdir),$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%.c)
 	$(compile.c) $(E2FSPROGS_CFLAGS)
+
+# for building out-of-tree we need to make sure that the directories to hold
+# the object tree are created
+$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, blkid e2fsck e2p ext2fs uuid):
+	@mkdir -p "$@"
+
+# make sure that the directories are order-only prerequisites. Otherwise we
+# may have object files created after the timestamp of the directory was
+# updated which would lead to spurious rebuilds (as some of the dentries
+# may be older than the dir itself).
+$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(BLKID_OBJS)):|$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/blkid
+$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(E2FSCK_OBJS)):|$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/e2fsck
+$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(E2P_OBJS)):|$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/e2p
+$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(EXT2FS_OBJS)):|$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/ext2fs
+$(patsubst %,$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/%, $(UUID_OBJS)):|$(E2FSPROGS_DIR)/uuid