diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index be0abac..79957b3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -343,7 +343,8 @@
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   := -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \
 		   -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common \
 		   -Werror-implicit-function-declaration \
-		   -Wno-format-security
+		   -Wno-format-security \
+		   -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks
 KBUILD_AFLAGS   := -D__ASSEMBLY__
 
 # Read KERNELRELEASE from include/config/kernel.release (if it exists)