Index: kernel/Makefile
===================================================================
--- kernel/Makefile	(revision c1f68b0b464a5358c1ef12ca16a6a4fb18b3ad5a)
+++ kernel/Makefile	(revision 1dab093efe3deac07d22acd53614608d2ea17f59)
@@ -120,4 +120,8 @@
 	AFLAGS += --fatal-warnings
 endif
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_STRIP_BINARIES),y)
+	LFLAGS += --strip-all
 endif
 
@@ -393,7 +397,4 @@
 	$(LD) $(LFLAGS) -Map $(MAP) -o $@ $(ARCH_OBJECTS) $(GENARCH_OBJECTS) $(GENERIC_OBJECTS) $(EXTRA_OBJECTS) $(SYMTAB_OBJECTS)
 endif
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_STRIP_BINARIES),y)
-	$(STRIP) $(RAW)
-endif
 
 $(LINK): $(LINK).in | depend