diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a1a79e92fe..3301481192 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ fit-dtb.blob*
 # Generated files
 #
 /spl/
-/tools/generated/
 /tpl/
 /defconfig
 
diff --git a/tools/.gitignore b/tools/.gitignore
index 941d38de21..0108c56730 100644
--- a/tools/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/.gitignore
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 /relocate-rela
 /spl_size_limit
 /sunxi-spl-image-builder
-/tools/generated/**/*.c
+/generated/**/*.c
 /update_octeon_header
 /version.h
 /xway-swap-bytes