diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ec6f45928fd4..a806ff1bb75a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -500,6 +500,9 @@ RETPOLINE_CFLAGS_CLANG := -mretpoline-external-thunk
 RETPOLINE_CFLAGS := $(call cc-option,$(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS_GCC),$(call cc-option,$(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS_CLANG)))
 export RETPOLINE_CFLAGS
 
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)
+KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)
+
 # check for 'asm goto'
 ifeq ($(call shell-cached,$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/gcc-goto.sh $(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)), y)
   CC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO := 1
@@ -621,9 +624,9 @@ endif # $(dot-config)
 # Defaults to vmlinux, but the arch makefile usually adds further targets
 all: vmlinux
 
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)
-KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)
-CFLAGS_GCOV	:= -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage -fno-tree-loop-im $(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)
+CFLAGS_GCOV	:= -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage \
+	$(call cc-option,-fno-tree-loop-im) \
+	$(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)
 export CFLAGS_GCOV CFLAGS_KCOV
 
 # The arch Makefile can set ARCH_{CPP,A,C}FLAGS to override the default