diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
index eefbdfa3e4d9..450708534860 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
@@ -50,11 +50,14 @@ LLVM Utilities
 LLVM has substitutes for GNU binutils utilities. These can be invoked as
 additional parameters to `make`.
 
-	make CC=clang AS=clang LD=ld.lld AR=llvm-ar NM=llvm-nm STRIP=llvm-strip \\
+	make CC=clang LD=ld.lld AR=llvm-ar NM=llvm-nm STRIP=llvm-strip \\
 	  OBJCOPY=llvm-objcopy OBJDUMP=llvm-objdump OBJSIZE=llvm-size \\
 	  READELF=llvm-readelf HOSTCC=clang HOSTCXX=clang++ HOSTAR=llvm-ar \\
 	  HOSTLD=ld.lld
 
+Currently, the integrated assembler is disabled by default. You can pass
+`LLVM_IAS=1` to enable it.
+
 Getting Help
 ------------
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1e4ec28404da..33154c74ec33 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -492,7 +492,9 @@ endif
 ifneq ($(GCC_TOOLCHAIN),)
 CLANG_FLAGS	+= --gcc-toolchain=$(GCC_TOOLCHAIN)
 endif
+ifneq ($(LLVM_IAS),1)
 CLANG_FLAGS	+= -no-integrated-as
+endif
 CLANG_FLAGS	+= -Werror=unknown-warning-option
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(CLANG_FLAGS)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= $(CLANG_FLAGS)