diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0fb38663ccde9..3ff44f56666b8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ KBUILD_AFLAGS   := -D__ASSEMBLY__ -fno-PIE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   := -Wall -Wundef -Werror=strict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \
 		   -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fshort-wchar -fno-PIE \
 		   -Werror=implicit-function-declaration -Werror=implicit-int \
-		   -Wno-format-security \
+		   -Wno-format-security -Wno-unused-but-set-variable \
 		   -std=gnu89
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS := -D__KERNEL__
 KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL :=