diff --git a/builddefs/common_features.mk b/builddefs/common_features.mk
index 1f1f9457604..755a1735e05 100644
--- a/builddefs/common_features.mk
+++ b/builddefs/common_features.mk
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ ifeq ($(strip $(BLUETOOTH_ENABLE)), yes)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(strip $(ENCODER_ENABLE)), yes)
-    COMMON_VPATH += $(QUANTUM_DIR)/encoder.c
+    SRC += $(QUANTUM_DIR)/encoder.c
     OPT_DEFS += -DENCODER_ENABLE
     ifeq ($(strip $(ENCODER_MAP_ENABLE)), yes)
         OPT_DEFS += -DENCODER_MAP_ENABLE