diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 0a8f748e506a..9d328be6e5e3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -83,9 +83,11 @@ endif
 EXTRA_CFLAGS  := -fpic -fno-builtin
 EXTRA_AFLAGS  := -Wa,-march=all
 
+# Provide size of uncompressed kernel to the decompressor via a linker symbol.
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux := --defsym _image_size=$(shell stat -c "%s" $(obj)/../Image)
 # Supply ZRELADDR to the decompressor via a linker symbol.
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_AUTO_ZRELADDR),y)
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux := --defsym zreladdr=$(ZRELADDR)
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --defsym zreladdr=$(ZRELADDR)
 endif
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8),y)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --be8
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
index 366a924019ac..5309909d7282 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
   _etext = .;
 
-  /* Assume size of decompressed image is 4x the compressed image */
-  _image_size = (_etext - _text) * 4;
-
   _got_start = .;
   .got			: { *(.got) }
   _got_end = .;