diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4cd7eb14863d..734579371fad 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ AFLAGS_MODULE   =
 LDFLAGS_MODULE  =
 CFLAGS_KERNEL	=
 AFLAGS_KERNEL	=
-CFLAGS_GCOV	= -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage -fno-tree-loop-im -Wno-maybe-uninitialized
+CFLAGS_GCOV	= -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage -fno-tree-loop-im
 
 
 # Use USERINCLUDE when you must reference the UAPI directories only.
@@ -616,12 +616,13 @@ ARCH_CFLAGS :=
 include arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks,)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)
 
 ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -Os $(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -Os
 else
 ifdef CONFIG_PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -O2 $(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -O2
 else
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += -O2
 endif