diff --git a/builddefs/common_features.mk b/builddefs/common_features.mk
index 823d7483ec4..1469172a04a 100644
--- a/builddefs/common_features.mk
+++ b/builddefs/common_features.mk
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ 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