diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 5fcec0e096684e7004216ff7ef66a295d95ca19e..c4c03992ee828c5805fd24cffdf6fadaa0724714 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -165,8 +165,12 @@ CC_FLAGS_FTRACE := -pg
 ifdef CONFIG_MPROFILE_KERNEL
 CC_FLAGS_FTRACE += -mprofile-kernel
 endif
-# Work around a gcc code-gen bug with -fno-omit-frame-pointer.
-CC_FLAGS_FTRACE	+= -mno-sched-epilog
+# Work around gcc code-gen bugs with -pg / -fno-omit-frame-pointer in gcc <= 4.8
+# https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44199
+# https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52828
+ifneq ($(cc-name),clang)
+CC_FLAGS_FTRACE	+= $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0409, -mno-sched-epilog)
+endif
 endif
 
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_TARGET_CPU_BOOL) += $(call cc-option,-mcpu=$(CONFIG_TARGET_CPU))