diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 93b8e24b0e15..f5d7612696d0 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ sub_cmd_record_mcount = set -e ; perl $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl "$(ARCH
 	"$(if $(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN),big,little)" \
 	"$(if $(CONFIG_64BIT),64,32)" \
 	"$(OBJDUMP)" "$(OBJCOPY)" "$(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)" \
-	"$(LD)" "$(NM)" "$(RM)" "$(MV)" \
+	"$(LD) $(LDFLAGS)" "$(NM)" "$(RM)" "$(MV)" \
 	"$(if $(part-of-module),1,0)" "$(@)";
 recordmcount_source := $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl
 endif # BUILD_C_RECORDMCOUNT