diff --git a/vfs/ChangeLog b/vfs/ChangeLog
index 4340a800d..6d999d6ad 100644
--- a/vfs/ChangeLog
+++ b/vfs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2001-02-08  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
+	* Make-mc.in: Don't run "make clean" in samba/ as samba/Makefile
+	may be missing. Clean using the rule from samba/Makefile.in.
+
 	* cpio.c: Eliminate C++ comments.
 	* fish.c: Likewise.
 
diff --git a/vfs/Make-mc.in b/vfs/Make-mc.in
index 199d942ff..0bda5e2c4 100644
--- a/vfs/Make-mc.in
+++ b/vfs/Make-mc.in
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ mostlyclean:
 
 clean: mostlyclean
 	(cd extfs; $(MAKE) clean)
-	(cd samba; $(MAKE) clean)
+	(cd samba; rm -f core */*~ *~ */*.o */*.po */*.po32 */*.so bin/*)
 	rm -f mcserv *.a
 
 distclean: clean