diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index d5f925a..fdca952 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -244,13 +244,16 @@
 
 ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
 ifdef BUILD_C_RECORDMCOUNT
+ifeq ("$(origin RECORDMCOUNT_WARN)", "command line")
+  RECORDMCOUNT_FLAGS = -w
+endif
 # Due to recursion, we must skip empty.o.
 # The empty.o file is created in the make process in order to determine
 #  the target endianness and word size. It is made before all other C
 #  files, including recordmcount.
 sub_cmd_record_mcount =					\
 	if [ $(@) != "scripts/mod/empty.o" ]; then	\
-		$(objtree)/scripts/recordmcount "$(@)";	\
+		$(objtree)/scripts/recordmcount $(RECORDMCOUNT_FLAGS) "$(@)";	\
 	fi;
 else
 sub_cmd_record_mcount = set -e ; perl $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl "$(ARCH)" \