diff --git a/targets/RT/USER/Makefile b/targets/RT/USER/Makefile
index 89fc7f76b1..aa76f2688a 100644
--- a/targets/RT/USER/Makefile
+++ b/targets/RT/USER/Makefile
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ all: lte-softmodem rrh
 
 include $(OPENAIR_TARGETS)/Makefile.common
 
-KERNEL_VERSION=$(shell echo `uname -r | cut -d. -f-2`)
-KERNEL_TYPE=$(shell echo `uname -r | cut -d. -f-3 | cut -d- -f3`)
-LOWLATENCY_KERNEL=$(shell if [ $(KERNEL_TYPE) = "lowlatency" ]; then echo "1" ; else echo "0" ; fi)
+KERNEL_VERSION:=$(shell echo `uname -r | cut -d. -f-2`)
+KERNEL_TYPE:=$(shell echo `uname -r | cut -d. -f-3 | cut -d- -f3`)
+LOWLATENCY_KERNEL:=$(shell if [ $(KERNEL_TYPE) = "lowlatency" ]; then echo "1" ; else echo "0" ; fi)
 
 #ifdef LOWLATENCY # this ifdef is to be removed after the debugging
 ifeq ($(LOWLATENCY_KERNEL),1)