diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b6ee64dd435e..9ca176ff1e40 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1316,6 +1316,16 @@ PHONY += scripts_unifdef
 scripts_unifdef: scripts_basic
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts scripts/unifdef
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Install
+
+# Many distributions have the custom install script, /sbin/installkernel.
+# If DKMS is installed, 'make install' will eventually recuses back
+# to the this Makefile to build and install external modules.
+# Cancel sub_make_done so that options such as M=, V=, etc. are parsed.
+
+install: sub_make_done :=
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Tools
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index 4e942b7ef022..653befc1b176 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ KBUILD_LDFLAGS		+= -m $(ld-emul)
 
 ifdef CONFIG_MIPS
 CHECKFLAGS += $(shell $(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -dM -E -x c /dev/null | \
-	egrep -vw '__GNUC_(|MINOR_|PATCHLEVEL_)_' | \
+	egrep -vw '__GNUC_(MINOR_|PATCHLEVEL_)?_' | \
 	sed -e "s/^\#define /-D'/" -e "s/ /'='/" -e "s/$$/'/" -e 's/\$$/&&/g')
 endif
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
index 04c5a44b9682..9ba700dc47de 100644
--- a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ static const char * const sym_regex_kernel[S_NSYMTYPES] = {
 	[S_REL] =
 	"^(__init_(begin|end)|"
 	"__x86_cpu_dev_(start|end)|"
-	"(__parainstructions|__alt_instructions)(|_end)|"
-	"(__iommu_table|__apicdrivers|__smp_locks)(|_end)|"
+	"(__parainstructions|__alt_instructions)(_end)?|"
+	"(__iommu_table|__apicdrivers|__smp_locks)(_end)?|"
 	"__(start|end)_pci_.*|"
 	"__(start|end)_builtin_fw|"
-	"__(start|stop)___ksymtab(|_gpl)|"
-	"__(start|stop)___kcrctab(|_gpl)|"
+	"__(start|stop)___ksymtab(_gpl)?|"
+	"__(start|stop)___kcrctab(_gpl)?|"
 	"__(start|stop)___param|"
 	"__(start|stop)___modver|"
 	"__(start|stop)___bug_table|"
diff --git a/scripts/checkversion.pl b/scripts/checkversion.pl
index f67b125c5269..94cd49eff605 100755
--- a/scripts/checkversion.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkversion.pl
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env perl
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #
-# checkversion find uses of LINUX_VERSION_CODE or KERNEL_VERSION
-# without including <linux/version.h>, or cases of
-# including <linux/version.h> that don't need it.
-# Copyright (C) 2003, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
+# checkversion finds uses of all macros in <linux/version.h>
+# where the source files do not #include <linux/version.h>; or cases
+# of including <linux/version.h> where it is not needed.
+# Copyright (C) 2003, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
 
 use strict;
 
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ $| = 1;
 my $debugging;
 
 foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
-    next if $file =~ "include/linux/version\.h";
+    next if $file =~ "include/generated/uapi/linux/version\.h";
+    next if $file =~ "usr/include/linux/version\.h";
     # Open this file.
     open( my $f, '<', $file )
       or die "Can't open $file: $!\n";
@@ -41,8 +42,11 @@ foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
 	    $iLinuxVersion      = $. if m/^\s*#\s*include\s*<linux\/version\.h>/o;
 	}
 
-	# Look for uses: LINUX_VERSION_CODE, KERNEL_VERSION, UTS_RELEASE
-	if (($_ =~ /LINUX_VERSION_CODE/) || ($_ =~ /\WKERNEL_VERSION/)) {
+	# Look for uses: LINUX_VERSION_CODE, KERNEL_VERSION,
+	# LINUX_VERSION_MAJOR, LINUX_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL, LINUX_VERSION_SUBLEVEL
+	if (($_ =~ /LINUX_VERSION_CODE/) || ($_ =~ /\WKERNEL_VERSION/) ||
+	    ($_ =~ /LINUX_VERSION_MAJOR/) || ($_ =~ /LINUX_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL/) ||
+	    ($_ =~ /LINUX_VERSION_SUBLEVEL/)) {
 	    $fUseVersion = 1;
             last if $iLinuxVersion;
         }