1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ff36288ae671..591485152a95 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ else # !mixed-build
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
 
 # Read KERNELRELEASE from include/config/kernel.release (if it exists)
-KERNELRELEASE = $(shell cat include/config/kernel.release 2> /dev/null)
+KERNELRELEASE = $(call read-file, include/config/kernel.release)
 KERNELVERSION = $(VERSION)$(if $(PATCHLEVEL),.$(PATCHLEVEL)$(if $(SUBLEVEL),.$(SUBLEVEL)))$(EXTRAVERSION)
 export VERSION PATCHLEVEL SUBLEVEL KERNELRELEASE KERNELVERSION