diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9425d1de54c..1c949ac8ce6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ export RCS_TAR_IGNORE := --exclude SCCS --exclude BitKeeper --exclude .svn --exc
 PHONY += scripts_basic
 scripts_basic:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts/basic
+	$(Q)rm -f .tmp_quiet_recordmcount
 
 # To avoid any implicit rule to kick in, define an empty command.
 scripts/basic/%: scripts_basic ;
diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.pl b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
index a4e2435d482..f0d14452632 100755
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.pl
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@ my $alignment;		# The .align value to use for $mcount_section
 my $section_type;	# Section header plus possible alignment command
 my $can_use_local = 0; 	# If we can use local function references
 
+# Shut up recordmcount if user has older objcopy
+my $quiet_recordmcount = ".tmp_quiet_recordmcount";
+my $print_warning = 1;
+$print_warning = 0 if ( -f $quiet_recordmcount);
+
 ##
 # check_objcopy - whether objcopy supports --globalize-symbols
 #
@@ -179,10 +184,13 @@ sub check_objcopy
     }
     close (IN);
 
-    if (!$can_use_local) {
+    if (!$can_use_local && $print_warning) {
 	print STDERR "WARNING: could not find objcopy version or version " .
 	    "is less than 2.17.\n" .
-	    "\tLocal function references is disabled.\n";
+	    "\tLocal function references are disabled.\n";
+	open (QUIET, ">$quiet_recordmcount");
+	printf QUIET "Disables the warning from recordmcount.pl\n";
+	close QUIET;
     }
 }