diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 33dfa002d7b2..e968877d17ab 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ 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
+ifndef CONFIG_CFI_CLANG
+# cond_syscall is currently not gcc LTO compatible
 CFLAGS_sys_ni.o = $(DISABLE_LTO)
+endif
 
 # Don't instrument error handlers
 CFLAGS_cfi.o = $(DISABLE_CFI_CLANG)