diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
index dd4c936d4d73..c70b3822013f 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ lkdtm-$(CONFIG_LKDTM)		+= cfi.o
 
 KASAN_SANITIZE_stackleak.o	:= n
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT_rodata.o	:= n
-CFLAGS_REMOVE_rodata.o		+= $(CC_FLAGS_LTO)
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS :=
 OBJCOPYFLAGS_rodata_objcopy.o	:= \