diff --git a/arch/arm/vfp/Makefile b/arch/arm/vfp/Makefile
index 6de73aab0195..a81404c09d5d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/vfp/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/vfp/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # ccflags-y := -DDEBUG
 # asflags-y := -DDEBUG
 
-KBUILD_AFLAGS	:=$(KBUILD_AFLAGS:-msoft-float=-Wa,-mfpu=softvfp+vfp)
+KBUILD_AFLAGS	:=$(KBUILD_AFLAGS:-msoft-float=-Wa,-mfpu=softvfp+vfp -mfloat-abi=soft)
 LDFLAGS		+=--no-warn-mismatch
 
 obj-y			+= vfp.o