diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 38689a0c3605..f42418556507 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1068,6 +1068,9 @@ ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += -fconserve-stack
 endif
 
+# Ensure compilers do not transform certain loops into calls to wcslen()
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-builtin-wcslen
+
 # change __FILE__ to the relative path to the source directory
 ifdef building_out_of_srctree
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-ffile-prefix-map=$(srcroot)/=)