RETPOLINE_CFLAGS := $(call cc-option,$(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS_GCC),$(call cc-option,$(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS_CLANG)))
 export RETPOLINE_CFLAGS
 
+KBUILD_CFLAGS  += $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)
+KBUILD_AFLAGS  += $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)
+
 # check for 'asm goto'
 ifeq ($(call shell-cached,$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/gcc-goto.sh $(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)), y)
   CC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO := 1
 # Defaults to vmlinux, but the arch makefile usually adds further targets
 all: vmlinux
 
-KBUILD_CFLAGS  += $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)
-KBUILD_AFLAGS  += $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)
 CFLAGS_GCOV    := -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage \
        $(call cc-option,-fno-tree-loop-im) \
        $(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)