diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
index 86d1df3763ef..e28ae3f78264 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ $(call allow-override,LD_SO_CONF_PATH,/etc/ld.so.conf.d/)
 $(call allow-override,LDCONFIG,ldconfig)
 
 INSTALL	=	install
+MKDIR	=	mkdir
 FOPTS	:=	-flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong \
 		-fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection
 WOPTS	:= 	-Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -Wno-maybe-uninitialized
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ static: $(OBJ)
 
 .PHONY: install
 install: doc_install
-	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
+	$(MKDIR) -p $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
 	$(INSTALL) rtla -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
 	$(STRIP) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/rtla
 	@test ! -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/osnoise || rm $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/osnoise