diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile.gate b/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile.gate
index f53faf48b7ce4670e05005a11256c1c08d5ee3ac..846867bff6d6565c6b5359046e974910399ceac8 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile.gate
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile.gate
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ quiet_cmd_gate = GATE    $@
       cmd_gate = $(CC) -nostdlib $(GATECFLAGS_$(@F)) -Wl,-T,$(filter-out FORCE,$^) -o $@
 
 GATECFLAGS_gate.so = -shared -s -Wl,-soname=linux-gate.so.1 \
-		     $(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv)
+		     -Wl,--hash-style=sysv
 $(obj)/gate.so: $(obj)/gate.lds $(obj)/gate.o FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,gate)