diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1ca6a72..4d60703 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -636,7 +636,9 @@
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)
-CFLAGS_GCOV	:= -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage -fno-tree-loop-im $(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)
+CFLAGS_GCOV	:= -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage \
+	$(call cc-option,-fno-tree-loop-im) \
+	$(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)
 CFLAGS_KCOV	:= $(call cc-option,-fsanitize-coverage=trace-pc,)
 export CFLAGS_GCOV CFLAGS_KCOV