diff --git a/drivers/gpu/arm/bifrost/ipa/Kbuild b/drivers/gpu/arm/bifrost/ipa/Kbuild
index 32008511f366..1df2e9de9d5a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/arm/bifrost/ipa/Kbuild
+++ b/drivers/gpu/arm/bifrost/ipa/Kbuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ bifrost_kbase-y += \
 
 bifrost_kbase-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) += ipa/mali_kbase_ipa_debugfs.o
 
-ifneq ($(wildcard $(src)/ipa/mali_kbase_ipa_vinstr_common.c),)
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(srctree)/$(src)/ipa/mali_kbase_ipa_vinstr_common.c),)
   bifrost_kbase-y += \
 	ipa/mali_kbase_ipa_vinstr_g7x.o \
 	ipa/mali_kbase_ipa_vinstr_common.o