diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 70b314059d8b..7edb00603b7e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -191,13 +191,6 @@ $(if $(abs_objtree),, \
 abs_objtree := $(realpath $(abs_objtree))
 endif # ifneq ($(KBUILD_OUTPUT),)
 
-ifeq ($(abs_objtree),$(CURDIR))
-# Suppress "Entering directory ..." unless we are changing the work directory.
-MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
-else
-need-sub-make := 1
-endif
-
 ifneq ($(words $(subst :, ,$(abs_srctree))), 1)
 $(error source directory cannot contain spaces or colons)
 endif
@@ -212,6 +205,23 @@ endif
 
 export sub_make_done := 1
 
+endif # sub_make_done
+
+ifeq ($(abs_objtree),$(CURDIR))
+# Suppress "Entering directory ..." if we are at the final work directory.
+no-print-directory := --no-print-directory
+else
+# Recursion to show "Entering directory ..."
+need-sub-make := 1
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(filter --no-print-directory, $(MAKEFLAGS)),)
+# If --no-print-directory is unset, recurse once again to set it.
+# You may end up recursing into __sub-make twice. This is needed due to the
+# behavior change in GNU Make 4.4.1.
+need-sub-make := 1
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(need-sub-make),1)
 
 PHONY += $(MAKECMDGOALS) __sub-make
@@ -221,18 +231,12 @@ $(filter-out $(this-makefile), $(MAKECMDGOALS)) __all: __sub-make
 
 # Invoke a second make in the output directory, passing relevant variables
 __sub-make:
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(abs_objtree) -f $(abs_srctree)/Makefile $(MAKECMDGOALS)
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(no-print-directory) -C $(abs_objtree) \
+	-f $(abs_srctree)/Makefile $(MAKECMDGOALS)
 
-endif # need-sub-make
-endif # sub_make_done
+else # need-sub-make
 
 # We process the rest of the Makefile if this is the final invocation of make
-ifeq ($(need-sub-make),)
-
-# Do not print "Entering directory ...",
-# but we want to display it when entering to the output directory
-# so that IDEs/editors are able to understand relative filenames.
-MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
 
 ifeq ($(abs_srctree),$(abs_objtree))
         # building in the source tree