diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d33a7cadd237..82b2d8cd6804 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -966,6 +966,9 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(stackp-flags-y)
 ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls
 KBUILD_RUSTFLAGS += -Cforce-frame-pointers=y
+# Work around rustc bug on compilers without
+# https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/156980.
+KBUILD_RUSTFLAGS += $(if $(call rustc-min-version,109800),,-Zllvm_module_flag=frame-pointer:u32:2:max)
 else
 # Some targets (ARM with Thumb2, for example), can't be built with frame
 # pointers.  For those, we don't have FUNCTION_TRACER automatically