diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0aeec59c1f0a..bbe8453baa74 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wdeclaration-after-statement,)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wno-pointer-sign,)
 
 # disable invalid "can't wrap" optimizations for signed / pointers
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fwrapv)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-strict-overflow)
 
 # revert to pre-gcc-4.4 behaviour of .eh_frame
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-dwarf2-cfi-asm)