diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 19948e556941..f1760e8db573 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -804,6 +804,9 @@ NOSTDINC_FLAGS += -nostdinc -isystem $(shell $(CC) -print-file-name=include)
 # warn about C99 declaration after statement
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wdeclaration-after-statement,)
 
+# Variable Length Arrays (VLAs) should not be used anywhere in the kernel
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wvla)
+
 # disable pointer signed / unsigned warnings in gcc 4.0
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, pointer-sign)
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
index 5794f102f9b8..1c2857f13ad4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # Note the danger in using -Wall -Wextra is that when CI updates gcc we
 # will most likely get a sudden build breakage... Hopefully we will fix
 # new warnings before CI updates!
-subdir-ccflags-y := -Wall -Wextra -Wvla
+subdir-ccflags-y := -Wall -Wextra
 subdir-ccflags-y += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-parameter)
 subdir-ccflags-y += $(call cc-disable-warning, type-limits)
 subdir-ccflags-y += $(call cc-disable-warning, missing-field-initializers)
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index ca3f7ebb900d..8e0aca8a2f09 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_HASH) += test_hash.o test_siphash.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_IDA) += test_ida.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_KASAN) += test_kasan.o
 CFLAGS_test_kasan.o += -fno-builtin
+CFLAGS_test_kasan.o += $(call cc-disable-warning, vla)
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_UBSAN) += test_ubsan.o
+CFLAGS_test_ubsan.o += $(call cc-disable-warning, vla)
 UBSAN_SANITIZE_test_ubsan.o := y
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_KSTRTOX) += test-kstrtox.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_LIST_SORT) += test_list_sort.o
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
index 8d5357053f86..24b2fb1d1297 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ warning-3 += -Wpointer-arith
 warning-3 += -Wredundant-decls
 warning-3 += -Wswitch-default
 warning-3 += $(call cc-option, -Wpacked-bitfield-compat)
-warning-3 += $(call cc-option, -Wvla)
 
 warning := $(warning-$(findstring 1, $(KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS)))
 warning += $(warning-$(findstring 2, $(KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS)))