@@ -179,6 +179,20 @@ endif # CONFIG_SOFTMMU
dummy := $(call unnest-vars,,obj-y)
all-obj-y := $(obj-y)
+#
+# common-obj-m has some crap here, probably as side effect from
+# unnest-vars recursing into target directories to fill obj-y and not
+# properly handling the -m case.
+#
+# Clear common-obj-m as workaround. Fixes suspious dependency errors
+# when building devices as modules. A bit hackish, but should be ok
+# as long as we do not have any target-specific modules.
+#
+# The meson-based build system currently in development doesn't need
+# unnest-vars and will obsolete this workaround.
+#
+common-obj-m :=
+
include $(SRC_PATH)/Makefile.objs
dummy := $(call unnest-vars,.., \
authz-obj-y \