diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index e090b798ef..b5201a3b74 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -797,18 +797,18 @@ slabtop, and skill.")
              (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
                (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
                       (lib (string-append out "/lib")))
-                 (and (zero? (system* "make" "install-libs"))
+                 (invoke "make" "install-libs")
 
-                      ;; Make the .a writable so that 'strip' works.
-                      ;; Failing to do that, due to debug symbols, we
-                      ;; retain a reference to the final
-                      ;; linux-libre-headers, which refer to the
-                      ;; bootstrap binaries.
-                      (let ((archives (find-files lib "\\.a$")))
-                        (for-each (lambda (file)
-                                    (chmod file #o666))
-                                  archives)
-                        #t))))))))
+                 ;; Make the .a writable so that 'strip' works.
+                 ;; Failing to do that, due to debug symbols, we
+                 ;; retain a reference to the final
+                 ;; linux-libre-headers, which refer to the
+                 ;; bootstrap binaries.
+                 (let ((archives (find-files lib "\\.a$")))
+                   (for-each (lambda (file)
+                               (chmod file #o666))
+                             archives))
+                 #t))))))
     (home-page "http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/")
     (synopsis "Creating and checking ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems")
     (description