diff --git a/board/freescale/mpc8544ds/Makefile b/board/freescale/mpc8544ds/Makefile
index bec21686391ed02ed9a0d8afca91ed5791839b22..308f707de032cf6df8fca75c489bfa75492d16ec 100644
--- a/board/freescale/mpc8544ds/Makefile
+++ b/board/freescale/mpc8544ds/Makefile
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 
-# ifneq ($(OBJTREE),$(SRCTREE))
-# $(shell mkdir -p $(obj)./common)
-# endif
+ifneq ($(OBJTREE),$(SRCTREE))
+$(shell mkdir -p $(obj)../common)
+endif
 
 LIB	= $(obj)lib$(BOARD).a