diff --git a/rules.mak b/rules.mak
index 9dda9f760f..5c454d80d5 100644
--- a/rules.mak
+++ b/rules.mak
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ QEMU_DGFLAGS += -MMD -MP -MT $@ -MF $(*D)/$(*F).d
 QEMU_INCLUDES += -I$(<D) -I$(@D)
 
 maybe-add = $(filter-out $1, $2) $1
-extract-libs = $(strip $(sort $(foreach o,$1,$($o-libs)) \
-                  $(foreach o,$(call expand-objs,$1),$($o-libs))))
+extract-libs = $(strip $(sort $(foreach o,$1,$($o-libs))) \
+                  $(foreach o,$(call expand-objs,$1),$($o-libs)))
 expand-objs = $(strip $(sort $(filter %.o,$1)) \
                   $(foreach o,$(filter %.mo,$1),$($o-objs)) \
                   $(filter-out %.o %.mo,$1))