diff --git a/scripts/strip-kmod.sh b/scripts/strip-kmod.sh
index 313015b909..7886cd907f 100755
--- a/scripts/strip-kmod.sh
+++ b/scripts/strip-kmod.sh
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ $3 && $2 ~ /[brtd]/ && $3 !~ /\$LC/ && !def[$3] {
 }
 ' > "$MODULE.tmp1"
 
-${CROSS}objcopy `cat ${MODULE}.tmp1` ${MODULE}.tmp ${MODULE}.out
+${CROSS}objcopy $(cat ${MODULE}.tmp1) ${MODULE}.tmp ${MODULE}.out
 mv "${MODULE}.out" "${MODULE}"
 rm -f "${MODULE}".t*