diff --git a/arch/loongarch/Makefile b/arch/loongarch/Makefile
index 9eeb0c05f3f4d2..a8d65eaf1211f3 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/Makefile
+++ b/arch/loongarch/Makefile
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ vdso-install-y += arch/loongarch/vdso/vdso.so.dbg
 
 all:	$(notdir $(KBUILD_IMAGE))
 
+vmlinuz.efi: vmlinux.efi
+
 vmlinux.elf vmlinux.efi vmlinuz.efi: vmlinux
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $(bootvars-y) $(boot)/$@