diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 6b3aa1e653e28154b7d98276933b8163ee5e388d..2bdf3c79a344049eb0823747e49374c6fb27bcc6 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT_extable.o := n
 # Don't self-instrument.
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT_kcov.o := n
 KASAN_SANITIZE_kcov.o := n
+CFLAGS_kcov.o := $(call cc-option, -fno-conserve-stack -fno-stack-protector)
 
 # cond_syscall is currently not LTO compatible
 CFLAGS_sys_ni.o = $(DISABLE_LTO)