diff --git a/arch/um/Makefile b/arch/um/Makefile
index 25ed4098640eecf5fc23ae5a8a494b7275badb4a..e3abe6f3156d3fbacca4003c072954619c7e1bb1 100644
--- a/arch/um/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/Makefile
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ export LDS_ELF_FORMAT := $(ELF_FORMAT)
 # The wrappers will select whether using "malloc" or the kernel allocator.
 LINK_WRAPS = -Wl,--wrap,malloc -Wl,--wrap,free -Wl,--wrap,calloc
 
-LD_FLAGS_CMDLINE = $(foreach opt,$(LDFLAGS),-Wl,$(opt)) -lrt
+LD_FLAGS_CMDLINE = $(foreach opt,$(LDFLAGS),-Wl,$(opt))
 
 # Used by link-vmlinux.sh which has special support for um link
 export CFLAGS_vmlinux := $(LINK-y) $(LINK_WRAPS) $(LD_FLAGS_CMDLINE)
diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index 1a10d8ac81620faad519d4f95ca8552ac4a958c1..dacf71a43ad41f678e3a0574c84321bacd0ff30e 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ vmlinux_link()
 			-Wl,--start-group                                    \
 				 ${KBUILD_VMLINUX_MAIN}                      \
 			-Wl,--end-group                                      \
-			-lutil ${1}
+			-lutil -lrt ${1}
 		rm -f linux
 	fi
 }