diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3722b42fd01e..e39ed7967cd6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS  += -fno-stack-check
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option,-fconserve-stack)
 
 # Prohibit date/time macros, which would make the build non-deterministic
-KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option,-Werror=date-time)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS   += -Werror=date-time
 
 # enforce correct pointer usage
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option,-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
index 3d99a9a249e3..1259e5bd0fab 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ VDSO_CFLAGS += $(call cc32-option,-Wdeclaration-after-statement,)
 VDSO_CFLAGS += $(call cc32-option,-Wno-pointer-sign)
 VDSO_CFLAGS += -fno-strict-overflow
 VDSO_CFLAGS += $(call cc32-option,-Werror=strict-prototypes)
-VDSO_CFLAGS += $(call cc32-option,-Werror=date-time)
+VDSO_CFLAGS += -Werror=date-time
 VDSO_CFLAGS += $(call cc32-option,-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types)
 
 # The 32-bit compiler does not provide 128-bit integers, which are used in