diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6a2a60eb67a3..1e0ec6317c17 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1013,6 +1013,9 @@ 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 from the srctree
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fmacro-prefix-map=$(srctree)/=)