diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b60a06376422..81d7ceea0687 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6be51ffc1791b72d11cef9bb0a578fe8c5d64c6a
+refs/heads/master: de481560eb0bd9d940b90311eba85711e4b1150b
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/Makefile b/trunk/kernel/Makefile
index 2093a691f1c2..d0c84e6bf50a 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/trunk/kernel/Makefile
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ $(obj)/config_data.gz: .config FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,gzip)
 
 quiet_cmd_ikconfiggz = IKCFG   $@
-      cmd_ikconfiggz = (echo "static const char kernel_config_data[] = MAGIC_START"; cat $< | scripts/bin2c; echo "MAGIC_END;") > $@
+      cmd_ikconfiggz = (echo "static const char kernel_config_data[] __used = MAGIC_START"; cat $< | scripts/bin2c; echo "MAGIC_END;") > $@
 targets += config_data.h
 $(obj)/config_data.h: $(obj)/config_data.gz FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ikconfiggz)