diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3ebf74787e93fccfbecd2bb0217720bf97fb15c7..ebb503a59db2bccc8677a147316bd13cf9cadaab 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -670,12 +670,14 @@ ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
   CC_FLAGS_FTRACE := -pg
 endif
 
-RETPOLINE_CFLAGS_GCC := -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern -mindirect-branch-register
-RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS_GCC := -mindirect-branch=thunk-inline -mindirect-branch-register
-RETPOLINE_CFLAGS_CLANG := -mretpoline-external-thunk
-RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS_CLANG := -mretpoline
-RETPOLINE_CFLAGS := $(call cc-option,$(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS_GCC),$(call cc-option,$(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS_CLANG)))
-RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS := $(call cc-option,$(RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS_GCC),$(call cc-option,$(RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS_CLANG)))
+ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC
+RETPOLINE_CFLAGS	:= $(call cc-option,-mindirect-branch=thunk-extern -mindirect-branch-register)
+RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS	:= $(call cc-option,-mindirect-branch=thunk-inline -mindirect-branch-register)
+endif
+ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
+RETPOLINE_CFLAGS	:= -mretpoline-external-thunk
+RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS	:= -mretpoline
+endif
 export RETPOLINE_CFLAGS
 export RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS