diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ae5d8220f431..29abe44ada91 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_COMPRESSED
 DEBUG_CFLAGS	+= -gz=zlib
-KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= -Wa,--compress-debug-sections=zlib
+KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= -gz=zlib
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS	+= --compress-debug-sections=zlib
 endif
 
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index d74ac0fd6b2d..96999d4d2dda 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ config DEBUG_INFO_COMPRESSED
 	bool "Compressed debugging information"
 	depends on DEBUG_INFO
 	depends on $(cc-option,-gz=zlib)
-	depends on $(as-option,-Wa$(comma)--compress-debug-sections=zlib)
+	depends on $(as-option,-gz=zlib)
 	depends on $(ld-option,--compress-debug-sections=zlib)
 	help
 	  Compress the debug information using zlib.  Requires GCC 5.0+ or Clang