diff --git a/sys/conf/kmod.mk b/sys/conf/kmod.mk
index 3f76d3e4c968..226908194cd1 100644
--- a/sys/conf/kmod.mk
+++ b/sys/conf/kmod.mk
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ CFLAGS += -I${KERNBUILDDIR}
 CLEANFILES+=	${_src}
 .if !target(${_src})
 ${_src}:
-	ln -s ${KERNBUILDDIR}/${_src} ${.TARGET}
+	ln -sf ${KERNBUILDDIR}/${_src} ${.TARGET}
 .endif
 .endfor
 .else