diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
index 8d16ada..ec749c2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 		   $(call cc-option, -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option, -m32)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	:= $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -D__ASSEMBLY__
+GCOV_PROFILE := n
 
 $(obj)/bzImage: asflags-y  := $(SVGA_MODE)