diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7036dcb99cdf..3722b42fd01e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-merge-all-constants)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fmerge-constants)
 
 # Make sure -fstack-check isn't enabled (like gentoo apparently did)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS  += $(call cc-option,-fno-stack-check,)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS  += -fno-stack-check
 
 # conserve stack if available
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option,-fconserve-stack)