diff --git a/src/smblib/Common.gmake b/src/smblib/Common.gmake
index 8f8481df1066de4db5f6591cf0b321ced320c99e..563f84dd642b05537a57e55233904f02f6309afe 100644
--- a/src/smblib/Common.gmake
+++ b/src/smblib/Common.gmake
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ $(SMBLIB_TARGET): $(SMBLIB_OBJS) $(BUILD_DEPENDS) $(SMBLIB_ODIR)
 	@(QUIET)ar rc $@ $(SMBLIB_OBJS)
 	@(QUIET)ranlib $@
 
-$(SMBLIB_ODIR)
-        $(QUIET)$(IFNOTEXIST) mkdir $(SMBLIB_ODIR)
+$(SMBLIB_ODIR):
+	$(QUIET)$(IFNOTEXIST) mkdir $(SMBLIB_ODIR)