diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/cros-kernel2.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/cros-kernel2.eclass
index 8519182aed..9e66216f24 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/cros-kernel2.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/cros-kernel2.eclass
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ cros-kernel2_src_compile() {
 		  modules_install
 	update_bootengine_cpio "${bootengine_root}"
 
-	# Build the final kernel image (bzImage)
-	kmake
+	# Build the final kernel image
+	kmake bzImage
 }
 
 cros-kernel2_src_install() {