diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 026fbc450906..ab635a5507eb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -519,15 +519,6 @@ KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= $(CLANG_FLAGS)
 export CLANG_FLAGS
 endif
 
-RETPOLINE_CFLAGS_GCC := -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern -mindirect-branch-register
-RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS_GCC := -mindirect-branch=thunk-inline -mindirect-branch-register
-RETPOLINE_CFLAGS_CLANG := -mretpoline-external-thunk
-RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS_CLANG := -mretpoline
-RETPOLINE_CFLAGS := $(call cc-option,$(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS_GCC),$(call cc-option,$(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS_CLANG)))
-RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS := $(call cc-option,$(RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS_GCC),$(call cc-option,$(RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS_CLANG)))
-export RETPOLINE_CFLAGS
-export RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS
-
 # The expansion should be delayed until arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile is included.
 # Some architectures define CROSS_COMPILE in arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile.
 # CC_VERSION_TEXT is referenced from Kconfig (so it needs export),
@@ -624,6 +615,15 @@ ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
   CC_FLAGS_FTRACE := -pg
 endif
 
+RETPOLINE_CFLAGS_GCC := -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern -mindirect-branch-register
+RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS_GCC := -mindirect-branch=thunk-inline -mindirect-branch-register
+RETPOLINE_CFLAGS_CLANG := -mretpoline-external-thunk
+RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS_CLANG := -mretpoline
+RETPOLINE_CFLAGS := $(call cc-option,$(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS_GCC),$(call cc-option,$(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS_CLANG)))
+RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS := $(call cc-option,$(RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS_GCC),$(call cc-option,$(RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS_CLANG)))
+export RETPOLINE_CFLAGS
+export RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS
+
 # The arch Makefile can set ARCH_{CPP,A,C}FLAGS to override the default
 # values of the respective KBUILD_* variables
 ARCH_CPPFLAGS :=