diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9f5a3ca..3597fd7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -792,16 +792,16 @@
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mno-global-merge
 else
 
-# These warnings generated too much noise in a regular build.
-# Use make W=1 to enable them (see scripts/Makefile.extrawarn)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-unused-but-set-variable
-
 # Warn about unmarked fall-throughs in switch statement.
 # Disabled for clang while comment to attribute conversion happens and
 # https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/636 is discussed.
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wimplicit-fallthrough,)
 endif
 
+# These warnings generated too much noise in a regular build.
+# Use make W=1 to enable them (see scripts/Makefile.extrawarn)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-but-set-variable)
+
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-const-variable)
 ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls