diff --git a/linuxkm/Kbuild b/linuxkm/Kbuild
index f3043926c..4b20edb27 100644
--- a/linuxkm/Kbuild
+++ b/linuxkm/Kbuild
@@ -172,4 +172,4 @@ $(src)/linuxkm/module_exports.c: $(src)/linuxkm/module_exports.c.template $(WOLF
 		}' >> $@
 	@echo -e '#ifndef NO_CRYPT_TEST\nEXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(wolfcrypt_test, WOLFSSL);\n#endif' >> $@
 
-clean-files := module_exports.c
+clean-files := module_exports.c linuxkm src wolfcrypt/src wolfcrypt/test wolfcrypt
diff --git a/linuxkm/Makefile b/linuxkm/Makefile
index 17e3131a9..4cc39bc01 100644
--- a/linuxkm/Makefile
+++ b/linuxkm/Makefile
@@ -103,8 +103,10 @@ install modules_install:
 	+$(MAKE) -C $(KERNEL_ROOT) M=$(MODULE_TOP) src=$(SRC_TOP) INSTALL_MOD_DIR=wolfssl modules_install
 
 .PHONY: clean
+# note, must supply $(MODULE_TOP) as the src value for clean so that Kbuild is included, else
+# the top Makefile (which is not for the kernel build) would be included here.
 clean:
-	+$(MAKE) -C $(KERNEL_ROOT) M=$(MODULE_TOP) src=$(SRC_TOP) clean
+	+$(MAKE) -C $(KERNEL_ROOT) M=$(MODULE_TOP) src=$(MODULE_TOP) clean
 
 .PHONY: dist
 dist: