diff --git a/scripts/package/mkspec b/scripts/package/mkspec
index 16ae0dd746e19fee0440a55ea53f92b577cf69dc..186344266c35cdcaf3db42bfb57a5f5440cc2ad2 100755
--- a/scripts/package/mkspec
+++ b/scripts/package/mkspec
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ echo 'mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/boot $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules'
 echo 'mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/firmware'
 echo "%endif"
 
-echo 'INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT make %{_smp_mflags} KBUILD_SRC= modules_install'
+echo 'INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT make %{?_smp_mflags} KBUILD_SRC= modules_install'
 echo "%ifarch ia64"
 echo 'cp $KBUILD_IMAGE $RPM_BUILD_ROOT'"/boot/efi/vmlinuz-$KERNELRELEASE"
 echo 'ln -s '"efi/vmlinuz-$KERNELRELEASE" '$RPM_BUILD_ROOT'"/boot/"