diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a2c2efe9e82edd7b9df112ce3aad7e76b8cb9501..210107d3aa97fc3dcf60ac5a58635c1f096d1a8a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -569,6 +569,9 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wno-pointer-sign,)
 # disable invalid "can't wrap" optimzations for signed / pointers
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fwrapv)
 
+# revert to pre-gcc-4.4 behaviour of .eh_frame
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-dwarf2-cfi-asm)
+
 # Add user supplied CPPFLAGS, AFLAGS and CFLAGS as the last assignments
 # But warn user when we do so
 warn-assign = \