diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d48f52f294..11efc41804 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -761,10 +761,10 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, maybe-uninitialized)
 # change __FILE__ to the relative path from the srctree
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fmacro-prefix-map=$(srctree)/=)
 
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -g
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -gdwarf-4
 # $(KBUILD_AFLAGS) sets -g, which causes gcc to pass a suitable -g<format>
 # option to the assembler.
-KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= -g
+KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= -gdwarf-4
 
 # Report stack usage if supported
 # ARC tools based on GCC 7.1 has an issue with stack usage