diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index ba6c34ea5429..8f22654c71b4 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -93,9 +93,10 @@ kallsyms()
 	local aflags="${KBUILD_AFLAGS} ${KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL}               \
 		      ${NOSTDINC_FLAGS} ${LINUXINCLUDE} ${KBUILD_CPPFLAGS}"
 
-	${NM} -n ${1} | \
-		scripts/kallsyms ${kallsymopt} | \
-		${CC} ${aflags} -c -o ${2} -x assembler-with-cpp -
+	local afile="`basename ${2} .o`.S"
+
+	${NM} -n ${1} | scripts/kallsyms ${kallsymopt} > ${afile}
+	${CC} ${aflags} -c -o ${2} ${afile}
 }
 
 # Create map file with all symbols from ${1}