diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 03053c66bb3abff93096989ac30d2759f41d8e7c..2e74a68878c70f9a1c87caa73bf0b227c52fdd7f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -579,9 +579,6 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wno-pointer-sign,)
 # disable invalid "can't wrap" optimizations for signed / pointers
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-strict-overflow)
 
-# revert to pre-gcc-4.4 behaviour of .eh_frame
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-dwarf2-cfi-asm)
-
 # conserve stack if available
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option,-fconserve-stack)
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 1a54a3b3a3fa8da5397842d5cbbd2e370dc6d40b..42dcd3f4ad7b5d45241e7057804a100cb6df9375 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mspe=no)
 # kernel considerably.
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-funit-at-a-time)
 
+# FIXME: the module load should be taught about the additional relocs
+# generated by this.
+# revert to pre-gcc-4.4 behaviour of .eh_frame
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-dwarf2-cfi-asm)
+
 # Never use string load/store instructions as they are
 # often slow when they are implemented at all
 KBUILD_CFLAGS		+= -mno-string