diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c53ed568a33ad7ef9baf4cc0596b12b798d21ff5..8406d02c638501d5902595daff5b1b631186f299 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -309,9 +309,6 @@ CPPFLAGS        := -D__KERNEL__ $(LINUXINCLUDE)
 
 CFLAGS          := -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \
                    -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common
-# Force gcc to behave correct even for buggy distributions
-CFLAGS          += $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector)
-
 AFLAGS          := -D__ASSEMBLY__
 
 # Read KERNELRELEASE from include/config/kernel.release (if it exists)
@@ -486,6 +483,8 @@ else
 CFLAGS		+= -O2
 endif
 
+include $(srctree)/arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile
+
 ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
 CFLAGS		+= -fno-omit-frame-pointer $(call cc-option,-fno-optimize-sibling-calls,)
 else
@@ -500,7 +499,8 @@ ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO
 CFLAGS		+= -g
 endif
 
-include $(srctree)/arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile
+# Force gcc to behave correct even for buggy distributions
+CFLAGS          += $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector)
 
 # arch Makefile may override CC so keep this after arch Makefile is included
 NOSTDINC_FLAGS += -nostdinc -isystem $(shell $(CC) -print-file-name=include)