diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 283bdb03bd07..8e43f710ae9b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: db7f4e3d2b0a68eafc16a7b78ac0b7566db1e799
+refs/heads/master: 875de98623fa2b29f0cb19915fe3292ab6daa1cb
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/Kbuild.include b/trunk/scripts/Kbuild.include
index d897278b1f97..6a3ee981931d 100644
--- a/trunk/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/trunk/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ as-option = $(call try-run,\
 # Usage: cflags-y += $(call as-instr,instr,option1,option2)
 
 as-instr = $(call try-run,\
-	/bin/echo -e "$(1)" | $(CC) $(KBUILD_AFLAGS) -c -xassembler -o "$$TMP" -,$(2),$(3))
+	printf "%b\n" "$(1)" | $(CC) $(KBUILD_AFLAGS) -c -xassembler -o "$$TMP" -,$(2),$(3))
 
 # cc-option
 # Usage: cflags-y += $(call cc-option,-march=winchip-c6,-march=i586)