diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 6e1fb2b2ecc750ee4898240d1421d985888cc096..7a13aebacf81d47cf06efb3979956491a940cb90 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ extra-y       += piggy.gzip piggy.lzo piggy.lzma piggy.xzkern piggy.lz4 \
 		 lib1funcs.S ashldi3.S bswapsdi2.S $(libfdt) $(libfdt_hdrs) \
 		 hyp-stub.S
 
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER),y)
 ORIG_CFLAGS := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS = $(subst -pg, , $(ORIG_CFLAGS))