diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e12fcf42bd..4e9a2869e4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1294,10 +1294,11 @@ SP_EXTRA_FLAGS = -Wno-universal-initializer
 SANITIZE_LEAK =
 SANITIZE_ADDRESS =
 
-# For the 'coccicheck' target; setting SPATCH_BATCH_SIZE higher will
+# For the 'coccicheck' target
+SPATCH_FLAGS = --all-includes
+# Setting SPATCH_BATCH_SIZE higher will
 # usually result in less CPU usage at the cost of higher peak memory.
 # Setting it to 0 will feed all files in a single spatch invocation.
-SPATCH_FLAGS = --all-includes
 SPATCH_BATCH_SIZE = 1
 
 # Rebuild 'coccicheck' if $(SPATCH), its flags etc. change