diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
index d564d25df8abf..33e0e2f1a7301 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cflags-$(CONFIG_X86)		+= -m$(BITS) -D__KERNEL__ -O2 \
 				   -mno-mmx -mno-sse
 
 cflags-$(CONFIG_ARM64)		:= $(subst -pg,,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
-cflags-$(CONFIG_ARM)		:= $(subst -pg,,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS)) -g0 \
+cflags-$(CONFIG_ARM)		:= $(subst -pg,,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS)) \
 				   -fno-builtin -fpic -mno-single-pic-base
 
 cflags-$(CONFIG_EFI_ARMSTUB)	+= -I$(srctree)/scripts/dtc/libfdt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ CFLAGS_arm64-stub.o 		:= -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
 extra-$(CONFIG_EFI_ARMSTUB)	:= $(lib-y)
 lib-$(CONFIG_EFI_ARMSTUB)	:= $(patsubst %.o,%.stub.o,$(lib-y))
 
-STUBCOPY_FLAGS-y		:= -R .debug* -R *ksymtab* -R *kcrctab*
+STUBCOPY_RM-y			:= -R *ksymtab* -R *kcrctab*
 STUBCOPY_FLAGS-$(CONFIG_ARM64)	+= --prefix-alloc-sections=.init \
 				   --prefix-symbols=__efistub_
 STUBCOPY_RELOC-$(CONFIG_ARM64)	:= R_AARCH64_ABS
@@ -68,17 +68,25 @@ STUBCOPY_RELOC-$(CONFIG_ARM64)	:= R_AARCH64_ABS
 $(obj)/%.stub.o: $(obj)/%.o FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,stubcopy)
 
+#
+# Strip debug sections and some other sections that may legally contain
+# absolute relocations, so that we can inspect the remaining sections for
+# such relocations. If none are found, regenerate the output object, but
+# this time, use objcopy and leave all sections in place.
+#
 quiet_cmd_stubcopy = STUBCPY $@
-      cmd_stubcopy = if $(OBJCOPY) $(STUBCOPY_FLAGS-y) $< $@; then	\
-		     $(OBJDUMP) -r $@ | grep $(STUBCOPY_RELOC-y)	\
-		     && (echo >&2 "$@: absolute symbol references not allowed in the EFI stub"; \
-			 rm -f $@; /bin/false); else /bin/false; fi
+      cmd_stubcopy = if $(STRIP) --strip-debug $(STUBCOPY_RM-y) -o $@ $<; \
+		     then if $(OBJDUMP) -r $@ | grep $(STUBCOPY_RELOC-y); \
+		     then (echo >&2 "$@: absolute symbol references not allowed in the EFI stub"; \
+			   rm -f $@; /bin/false); 			  \
+		     else $(OBJCOPY) $(STUBCOPY_FLAGS-y) $< $@; fi	  \
+		     else /bin/false; fi
 
 #
 # ARM discards the .data section because it disallows r/w data in the
 # decompressor. So move our .data to .data.efistub, which is preserved
 # explicitly by the decompressor linker script.
 #
-STUBCOPY_FLAGS-$(CONFIG_ARM)	+= --rename-section .data=.data.efistub \
-				   -R ___ksymtab+sort -R ___kcrctab+sort
+STUBCOPY_FLAGS-$(CONFIG_ARM)	+= --rename-section .data=.data.efistub
+STUBCOPY_RM-$(CONFIG_ARM)	+= -R ___ksymtab+sort -R ___kcrctab+sort
 STUBCOPY_RELOC-$(CONFIG_ARM)	:= R_ARM_ABS