diff --git a/arch/sparc/boot/Makefile b/arch/sparc/boot/Makefile
index 500a2f87f28f0891a8333c60fb133b9be38605e6..1ff0fd92475655ca551e11961a19b8c76e8777b3 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sparc/boot/Makefile
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ $(obj)/image: $(obj)/btfix.o FORCE
 $(obj)/zImage: $(obj)/image
 	$(call if_changed,strip)
 
-$(obj)/tftpboot.img: $(obj)/piggyback_32 System.map $(ROOT_IMG) FORCE
+$(obj)/tftpboot.img: $(obj)/image $(obj)/piggyback_32 System.map $(ROOT_IMG) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,elftoaout)
 	$(call if_changed,piggy)
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ $(obj)/image: vmlinux FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,strip)
 	@echo '  kernel: $@ is ready'
 
-$(obj)/tftpboot.img: vmlinux $(obj)/piggyback_64 System.map $(ROOT_IMG) FORCE
+$(obj)/tftpboot.img: $(obj)/image $(obj)/piggyback_64 System.map $(ROOT_IMG) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,elftoaout)
 	$(call if_changed,piggy)
 	@echo '  kernel: $@ is ready'