diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d26618608633..245852f7b312 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -632,11 +632,6 @@ include arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks,)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-disable-warning,frame-address,)
 
-ifdef CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-ffunction-sections,)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fdata-sections,)
-endif
-
 ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-Oz,-Os)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)
@@ -768,6 +763,11 @@ ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fno-inline-functions-called-once)
 endif
 
+ifdef CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-ffunction-sections,)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fdata-sections,)
+endif
+
 # arch Makefile may override CC so keep this after arch Makefile is included
 NOSTDINC_FLAGS += -nostdinc -isystem $(shell $(CC) -print-file-name=include)
 CHECKFLAGS     += $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS)