diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index 76ab061555..a11f030e0f 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -898,10 +898,10 @@ dist:
 	$(BASERUBY) $(srcdir)/tool/make-snapshot -srcdir=$(srcdir) tmp $(RELNAME)
 
 up::
-	-$(Q)$(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) REVISION_FORCE=PHONY "$(REVISION_H)"
+	-$(Q)$(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) Q=$(Q) REVISION_FORCE=PHONY "$(REVISION_H)"
 
 up::
-	-$(Q)$(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) after-update
+	-$(Q)$(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) Q=$(Q) after-update
 
 after-update:: update-unicode update-gems extract-extlibs