diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 321bd734f131..9ece678a5042 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 691ef3e7fdc1fe4dded169d9404f740987f67d66
+refs/heads/master: d79a27195a33f4b5e591de5536799ad874ea6cf5
diff --git a/trunk/Makefile b/trunk/Makefile
index d04ad671147e..a3b7770b2cdd 100644
--- a/trunk/Makefile
+++ b/trunk/Makefile
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ LDFLAGS_MODULE += $(LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID)
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS),y)
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= -X
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= $(call ld-option, -X,)
 endif
 
 # Default kernel image to build when no specific target is given.