diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d4dd2e4a045a..ece96fc01b38 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -618,7 +618,8 @@ KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= -gdwarf-2
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED
-KBUILD_CFLAGS 	+= $(call cc-option, -femit-struct-debug-baseonly)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS 	+= $(call cc-option, -femit-struct-debug-baseonly) \
+		   $(call cc-option,-fno-var-tracking)
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER