diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d1216fea0c9..8fb9bfce212 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ KBUILD_CPPFLAGS := -D__KERNEL__
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   := -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \
 		   -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common \
-		   -Werror-implicit-function-declaration
+		   -Werror-implicit-function-declaration \
+		   -Wno-format-security
 KBUILD_AFLAGS   := -D__ASSEMBLY__
 
 # Read KERNELRELEASE from include/config/kernel.release (if it exists)