diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d487fca..681bed0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -732,25 +732,28 @@
 endif
 endif
 
-KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option, -fno-var-tracking-assignments)
+DEBUG_CFLAGS	:= $(call cc-option, -fno-var-tracking-assignments)
 
 ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO
 ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_SPLIT
-KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option, -gsplit-dwarf, -g)
+DEBUG_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option, -gsplit-dwarf, -g)
 else
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -g
+DEBUG_CFLAGS	+= -g
 endif
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= -Wa,-gdwarf-2
 endif
 ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option, -gdwarf-4,)
+DEBUG_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option, -gdwarf-4,)
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED
-KBUILD_CFLAGS 	+= $(call cc-option, -femit-struct-debug-baseonly) \
+DEBUG_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option, -femit-struct-debug-baseonly) \
 		   $(call cc-option,-fno-var-tracking)
 endif
 
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(DEBUG_CFLAGS)
+export DEBUG_CFLAGS
+
 ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
 ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
   # gcc 5 supports generating the mcount tables directly