diff --git a/tools/testing/vma/Makefile b/tools/testing/vma/Makefile
index bfc905d222cf..860fd2311dcc 100644
--- a/tools/testing/vma/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/vma/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-.PHONY: default
+.PHONY: default clean
 
 default: vma
 
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ include ../shared/shared.mk
 OFILES = $(SHARED_OFILES) vma.o maple-shim.o
 TARGETS = vma
 
-vma:	$(OFILES) vma_internal.h ../../../mm/vma.c ../../../mm/vma.h
+vma.o: vma.c vma_internal.h ../../../mm/vma.c ../../../mm/vma.h
+
+vma:	$(OFILES)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(OFILES) $(LDLIBS)
 
 clean: