diff --git a/arch/mips/vdso/Makefile b/arch/mips/vdso/Makefile
index 77374c1f0c77..d7fe8408603e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/vdso/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ endif
 cflags-vdso := $(ccflags-vdso) \
 	$(filter -W%,$(filter-out -Wa$(comma)%,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS))) \
 	-O3 -g -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fno-builtin -G 0 \
-	-mrelax-pic-calls -mexplicit-relocs \
+	-mrelax-pic-calls $(call cc-option, -mexplicit-relocs) \
 	-fno-stack-protector -fno-jump-tables -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING \
 	$(call cc-option, -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables) \
 	$(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector)