diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1523557bd61f..f78cdc18b0b2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ LDFLAGS_MODULE  =
 CFLAGS_KERNEL	=
 AFLAGS_KERNEL	=
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux =
-CFLAGS_GCOV	= -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage -fno-tree-loop-im -Wno-maybe-uninitialized
+CFLAGS_GCOV	:= -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage -fno-tree-loop-im $(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)
 CFLAGS_KCOV	:= $(call cc-option,-fsanitize-coverage=trace-pc,)