diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 50f1a283b67d..eae097d3db6c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1075,6 +1075,9 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option,-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types)
 # Require designated initializers for all marked structures
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option,-Werror=designated-init)
 
+# Ensure compilers do not transform certain loops into calls to wcslen()
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-builtin-wcslen
+
 # change __FILE__ to the relative path from the srctree
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fmacro-prefix-map=$(srctree)/=)