diff --git a/legacy/eina/Makefile.am b/legacy/eina/Makefile.am
index f3badbd85e..1764986fdf 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/eina/Makefile.am
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ m4/eina_check.m4
 
 doc:
 	@echo "entering doc/"
-	make -C doc doc
+	@cd doc && make doc
 
 # Unit tests
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ endif
 if EFL_ENABLE_BENCHMARK
 
 benchmark:
-	@make -C src benchmark
+	@cd src && make benchmark
 	@mkdir result || true
 	@cd result && ../src/tests/eina_bench `date +%F_%s`
 
diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/Makefile.am b/legacy/eina/src/Makefile.am
index 2efad1c239..0a6b2a3d83 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/Makefile.am
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
 if EFL_ENABLE_BENCHMARK
 
 benchmark: all
-	make -C tests eina_bench
+	cd tests && make eina_bench
 
 else