diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 91d7712535db..3fad37d5674c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cef9287ead2775e4d7eaa280a73ee99d7269c3e4
+refs/heads/master: b2444d34a0e727a80fee4b725bc5ecb9d0f206f0
diff --git a/trunk/arch/xtensa/Makefile b/trunk/arch/xtensa/Makefile
index 95f836db38fa..acf05be24929 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/xtensa/Makefile
+++ b/trunk/arch/xtensa/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ platform-$(CONFIG_XTENSA_PLATFORM_ISS)		:= iss
 PLATFORM = $(platform-y)
 export PLATFORM
 
-CFLAGS		+= -pipe -mlongcalls
+# temporarily until string.h is fixed
+cflags-y += -ffreestanding
+
+cflags-y += -pipe -mlongcalls
+
+CFLAGS  += $(cflags-y)
 
 KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := iss_defconfig