diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 6c57e78..62471e7 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 # Don't self-instrument.
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT_kcov.o := n
 KASAN_SANITIZE_kcov.o := n
+CFLAGS_kcov.o := $(call cc-option, -fno-conserve-stack -fno-stack-protector)
 
 # cond_syscall is currently not LTO compatible
 CFLAGS_sys_ni.o = $(DISABLE_LTO)