diff --git a/target/ext2/ext2root.mk b/target/ext2/ext2root.mk
index 4ebb981429..dda8013e60 100644
--- a/target/ext2/ext2root.mk
+++ b/target/ext2/ext2root.mk
@@ -87,12 +87,13 @@ EXT2_TARGET := $(EXT2_BASE)
 endif
 
 $(EXT2_BASE): host-fakeroot makedevs genext2fs
-	-@find $(TARGET_DIR) -type f -perm +111 | xargs $(STRIP) 2>/dev/null || true;
+	-@find $(TARGET_DIR) -type f -perm +111 | xargs $(STRIP) 2>/dev/null || true
 	@rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/man
 	@rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/man
 	@rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/info
 	@test -d $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share && \
-		rmdir -p --ignore-fail-on-non-empty $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share
+		rmdir -p --ignore-fail-on-non-empty $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share || \
+		true
 	-/sbin/ldconfig -r $(TARGET_DIR) 2>/dev/null
 	# Use fakeroot to pretend all target binaries are owned by root
 	rm -f $(STAGING_DIR)/_fakeroot.$(notdir $(EXT2_TARGET))