diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d970cb16545ac5adfffbe2b9446afec556803825..387526b69d4ff589e342379991baa509ff1e4f6a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ endif
 include $(srctree)/arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile
 
 ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
-CFLAGS		+= -fno-omit-frame-pointer $(call cc-option,-fno-optimize-sibling-calls,)
+CFLAGS		+= -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls
 else
 CFLAGS		+= -fomit-frame-pointer
 endif
diff --git a/arch/i386/Makefile b/arch/i386/Makefile
index bd28f9f9b4b7bfa020a2bb364561abb14db1a03e..6dc5e5d90fec10d694b030a14ce837b67d2684d2 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Makefile
+++ b/arch/i386/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ CHECKFLAGS	+= -D__i386__
 CFLAGS += -pipe -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return
 
 # prevent gcc from keeping the stack 16 byte aligned
-CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mpreferred-stack-boundary=2)
+CFLAGS += -mpreferred-stack-boundary=4
 
 # CPU-specific tuning. Anything which can be shared with UML should go here.
 include $(srctree)/arch/i386/Makefile.cpu