diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bfd09bc0da91c8190b412bc2a30c93c4a6062a82..37574e3d21fecf9880e2e9aeef207b7ab52e4d54 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL :=
 KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE  := -DMODULE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE  := -DMODULE
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE := -T $(srctree)/scripts/module-common.lds
+LDFLAGS :=
 GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS :=
 
 export ARCH SRCARCH CONFIG_SHELL HOSTCC HOSTCFLAGS CROSS_COMPILE AS LD CC