diff --git a/make/Main.gmk b/make/Main.gmk
index b56feb54293..6e0a4b1fbea 100644
--- a/make/Main.gmk
+++ b/make/Main.gmk
@@ -683,7 +683,8 @@ else
 
   docs-javadoc: $(GENSRC_TARGETS) rmic
 
-  docs-copy: hotspot
+  # The gensrc step for jdk.jdi creates an html file that is used by docs-copy.
+  docs-copy: hotspot jdk.jdi-gensrc
 
   docs-zip: docs-javadoc docs-copy