diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst
index a1f3eb7a43e2..131863142cbb 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ executed to make module versioning work.
 
 	modules_install
 		Install the external module(s). The default location is
-		/lib/modules/<kernel_release>/extra/, but a prefix may
+		/lib/modules/<kernel_release>/updates/, but a prefix may
 		be added with INSTALL_MOD_PATH (discussed in section 5).
 
 	clean
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ directory:
 
 And external modules are installed in:
 
-	/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/extra/
+	/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/updates/
 
 5.1 INSTALL_MOD_PATH
 --------------------
@@ -438,10 +438,10 @@ And external modules are installed in:
 -------------------
 
 	External modules are by default installed to a directory under
-	/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/extra/, but you may wish to
+	/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/updates/, but you may wish to
 	locate modules for a specific functionality in a separate
 	directory. For this purpose, use INSTALL_MOD_DIR to specify an
-	alternative name to "extra."::
+	alternative name to "updates."::
 
 		$ make INSTALL_MOD_DIR=gandalf -C $KDIR \
 		       M=$PWD modules_install
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.dtbinst b/scripts/Makefile.dtbinst
index 67956f6496a5..9d920419a62c 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.dtbinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.dtbinst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
 dst := $(INSTALL_DTBS_PATH)
 
 quiet_cmd_dtb_install = INSTALL $@
-      cmd_dtb_install = install -D $< $@
+      cmd_dtb_install = install -D -m 0644 $< $@
 
 $(dst)/%: $(obj)/%
 	$(call cmd,dtb_install)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.host b/scripts/Makefile.host
index d35f55e0d141..e85be7721a48 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.host
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.host
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ $(call multi_depend, $(host-cxxmulti), , -objs -cxxobjs)
 # Create .o file from a single .cc (C++) file
 quiet_cmd_host-cxxobjs	= HOSTCXX $@
       cmd_host-cxxobjs	= $(HOSTCXX) $(hostcxx_flags) -c -o $@ $<
-$(host-cxxobjs): $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.cc FORCE
+$(host-cxxobjs): $(obj)/%.o: $(obj)/%.cc FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,host-cxxobjs)
 
 # Create executable from a single Rust crate (which may consist of
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.package b/scripts/Makefile.package
index 38653f3e8108..bf016af8bf8a 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.package
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.package
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ debian-orig: private version = $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -S Version | sed 's/-
 debian-orig: private orig-name = $(source)_$(version).orig.tar$(debian-orig-suffix)
 debian-orig: mkdebian-opts = --need-source
 debian-orig: linux.tar$(debian-orig-suffix) debian
-	$(Q)if [ "$(df  --output=target .. 2>/dev/null)" = "$(df --output=target $< 2>/dev/null)" ]; then \
+	$(Q)if [ "$$(df  --output=target .. 2>/dev/null)" = "$$(df --output=target $< 2>/dev/null)" ]; then \
 		ln -f $< ../$(orig-name); \
 	else \
 		cp $< ../$(orig-name); \
diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/Makefile b/scripts/gdb/linux/Makefile
index fd1402c0a1a1..fcd32fcf3ae0 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ifdef building_out_of_srctree
 symlinks := $(patsubst $(src)/%,%,$(wildcard $(src)/*.py))
 
 quiet_cmd_symlink = SYMLINK $@
-      cmd_symlink = ln -fsn $(patsubst $(obj)/%,$(src)/%,$@) $@
+      cmd_symlink = ln -fsn $(patsubst $(obj)/%,$(abspath $(src))/%,$@) $@
 
 always-y += $(symlinks)
 $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(symlinks)): FORCE
diff --git a/scripts/package/kernel.spec b/scripts/package/kernel.spec
index e095eb1e290e..fffc8af8deb1 100644
--- a/scripts/package/kernel.spec
+++ b/scripts/package/kernel.spec
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ patch -p1 < %{SOURCE2}
 %install
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/lib/modules/%{KERNELRELEASE}
 cp $(%{make} %{makeflags} -s image_name) %{buildroot}/lib/modules/%{KERNELRELEASE}/vmlinuz
-%{make} %{makeflags} INSTALL_MOD_PATH=%{buildroot} modules_install
+# DEPMOD=true makes depmod no-op. We do not package depmod-generated files.
+%{make} %{makeflags} INSTALL_MOD_PATH=%{buildroot} DEPMOD=true modules_install
 %{make} %{makeflags} INSTALL_HDR_PATH=%{buildroot}/usr headers_install
 cp System.map %{buildroot}/lib/modules/%{KERNELRELEASE}
 cp .config %{buildroot}/lib/modules/%{KERNELRELEASE}/config
@@ -70,10 +71,7 @@ ln -fns /usr/src/kernels/%{KERNELRELEASE} %{buildroot}/lib/modules/%{KERNELRELEA
 %endif
 
 {
-	for x in System.map config kernel modules.builtin \
-			modules.builtin.modinfo modules.order vmlinuz; do
-		echo "/lib/modules/%{KERNELRELEASE}/${x}"
-	done
+	echo "/lib/modules/%{KERNELRELEASE}"
 
 	for x in alias alias.bin builtin.alias.bin builtin.bin dep dep.bin \
 					devname softdep symbols symbols.bin; do