diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
index dd87cea9fba7852e7e8b9d3f729205f1dd5945c4..a7883e455290eeb695f350ac0a4f85add6810a5f 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ quiet_cmd_ld_ko_o = LD [M]  $@
 quiet_cmd_btf_ko = BTF [M] $@
       cmd_btf_ko = 							\
 	if [ -f vmlinux ]; then						\
-		LLVM_OBJCOPY=$(OBJCOPY) $(PAHOLE) -J --btf_base vmlinux $@; \
+		LLVM_OBJCOPY="$(OBJCOPY)" $(PAHOLE) -J --btf_base vmlinux $@; \
 	else								\
 		printf "Skipping BTF generation for %s due to unavailability of vmlinux\n" $@ 1>&2; \
 	fi;
diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index f4de4c97015bcd2458e052bb2f8d0fc0742eb267..0e0f6466b18d6019335e2db19ad6439c9e9c19c3 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ gen_btf()
 	fi
 
 	info "BTF" ${2}
-	LLVM_OBJCOPY=${OBJCOPY} ${PAHOLE} -J ${extra_paholeopt} ${1}
+	LLVM_OBJCOPY="${OBJCOPY}" ${PAHOLE} -J ${extra_paholeopt} ${1}
 
 	# Create ${2} which contains just .BTF section but no symbols. Add
 	# SHF_ALLOC because .BTF will be part of the vmlinux image. --strip-all