diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.host b/scripts/Makefile.host
index 4c51c95d40f4..64e98e1d4825 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.host
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.host
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@  $(obj)/%.lex.c: $(src)/%.l FORCE
 # YACC
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 quiet_cmd_bison = YACC    $(basename $@).[ch]
-      cmd_bison = $(YACC) -o $(basename $@).c --defines=$(basename $@).h -t -l $<
+      cmd_bison = $(YACC) -b $(basename $(basename $@)) -d -t -l $<
 
 $(obj)/%.tab.c $(obj)/%.tab.h: $(src)/%.y FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,bison)
--- a/scripts/genksyms/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 ifeq ($(findstring 1,$(KBUILD_EXTRA_WARN)),)
 
 quiet_cmd_bison_no_warn = $(quiet_cmd_bison)
-      cmd_bison_no_warn = $(YACC) --version >/dev/null; \
+      cmd_bison_no_warn = $(YACC) -V >/dev/null; \
 			  $(cmd_bison) 2>/dev/null
 
 $(obj)/pars%.tab.c $(obj)/pars%.tab.h: $(src)/pars%.y FORCE
--- a/scripts/genksyms/lex.l
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/lex.l
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #include "genksyms.h"
 #include "parse.tab.h"
 
+extern YYSTYPE yylval;
+
 /* We've got a two-level lexer here.  We let flex do basic tokenization
    and then we categorize those basic tokens in the second stage.  */
 #define YY_DECL		static int yylex1(void)