diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index beac034784..c94c51ade3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -295,7 +295,6 @@ xen/include/xen/acm_policy.h
 xen/include/xen/compile.h
 xen/include/xen/hypercall-defs.h
 xen/include/xen/lib/x86/cpuid-autogen.h
-xen/source
 xen/test/livepatch/config.h
 xen/test/livepatch/expect_config.h
 xen/test/livepatch/*.livepatch
diff --git a/xen/Makefile b/xen/Makefile
index 745a3fadab..e89fc461fc 100644
--- a/xen/Makefile
+++ b/xen/Makefile
@@ -310,7 +310,6 @@ cmd_makefile = { \
     } > Makefile
 
 outputmakefile:
-	$(Q)ln -fsn $(srctree) source
 ifdef building_out_of_srctree
 	$(Q)if [ -f $(srctree)/.config -o \
 		 -d $(srctree)/include/config -o \
@@ -321,6 +320,7 @@ ifdef building_out_of_srctree
 		echo >&2 "***"; \
 		false; \
 	fi
+	$(Q)ln -fsn $(srctree) source
 	$(call cmd,makefile)
 	$(Q)test -e .gitignore || \
 	{ echo "# this is build directory, ignore it"; echo "*"; } > .gitignore
diff --git a/xen/common/efi/efi-common.mk b/xen/common/efi/efi-common.mk
index 53fdb81583..23cafcf20c 100644
--- a/xen/common/efi/efi-common.mk
+++ b/xen/common/efi/efi-common.mk
@@ -5,11 +5,16 @@ CFLAGS-y += -fshort-wchar
 CFLAGS-y += -iquote $(srctree)/common/efi
 CFLAGS-y += -iquote $(srcdir)
 
+source :=
+ifneq ($(abs_objtree),$(abs_srctree))
+source := source/
+endif
+
 # Part of the command line transforms $(obj)
 # e.g.: It transforms "dir/foo/bar" into successively
 #       "dir foo bar", ".. .. ..", "../../.."
 $(obj)/%.c: $(srctree)/common/efi/%.c FORCE
-	$(Q)ln -nfs $(subst $(space),/,$(patsubst %,..,$(subst /, ,$(obj))))/source/common/efi/$(<F) $@
+	$(Q)ln -nfs $(subst $(space),/,$(patsubst %,..,$(subst /, ,$(obj))))/$(source)common/efi/$(<F) $@
 
 clean-files += $(patsubst %.o, %.c, $(EFIOBJ-y:.init.o=.o) $(EFIOBJ-))
 clean-files += common-stub.c