diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3cea2fa..979baf6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@
 barebox.bin: barebox FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
 ifndef CONFIG_PBL_IMAGE
-	$(call cmd,check_file_size,$(CONFIG_BAREBOX_MAX_IMAGE_SIZE))
+	$(call cmd,check_file_size,$@,$(CONFIG_BAREBOX_MAX_IMAGE_SIZE))
 endif
 
 # By default the uImage load address is 2MB below CONFIG_TEXT_BASE,
diff --git a/arch/arm/pbl/Makefile b/arch/arm/pbl/Makefile
index 4c1788d..1ff39db 100644
--- a/arch/arm/pbl/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/pbl/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 $(obj)/zbarebox.bin:	$(obj)/zbarebox FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
-	$(call cmd,check_file_size,$(CONFIG_BAREBOX_MAX_IMAGE_SIZE))
+	$(call cmd,check_file_size,$@,$(CONFIG_BAREBOX_MAX_IMAGE_SIZE))
 	$(Q)$(kecho) '  Barebox: fix size'
 	$(Q)$(objtree)/scripts/fix_size -i -f $(objtree)/$@ $(FIX_SIZE)
 	$(Q)$(kecho) '  Barebox: $@ is ready'
diff --git a/arch/mips/pbl/Makefile b/arch/mips/pbl/Makefile
index fea1f24..b03bca1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/pbl/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/pbl/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 $(obj)/zbarebox.bin:	$(obj)/zbarebox FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
-	$(call cmd,check_file_size,$(CONFIG_BAREBOX_MAX_IMAGE_SIZE))
+	$(call cmd,check_file_size,$@,$(CONFIG_BAREBOX_MAX_IMAGE_SIZE))
 	$(Q)$(kecho) '  Barebox: $@ is ready'
 
 $(obj)/zbarebox.S: $(obj)/zbarebox FORCE
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 57426d0..e991f33 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -388,10 +388,10 @@
 cmd_ln = ln -sf $< $@
 
 # Check size of a file
-quiet_cmd_check_file_size = CHKSIZE $@
+quiet_cmd_check_file_size = CHKSIZE $2
       cmd_check_file_size = set -e;					\
-	size=`stat -c%s $@`;						\
-	max_size=`printf "%d" $2`;					\
+	size=`stat -c%s $2`;						\
+	max_size=`printf "%d" $3`;					\
 	if [ $$size -gt $$max_size ] ;					\
 	then								\
 		echo "$@ size $$size > of the maximum size $$max_size" >&2;	\