diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 733e044fff8b37bae101788ac82be43fafa1a942..4a9a2cec0a1b52d601f9f057eb8fbb515e69de50 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -437,8 +437,8 @@ $(sort $(subdir-obj-y)): $(subdir-ym) ;
 ifdef builtin-target
 
 ifdef CONFIG_THIN_ARCHIVES
-  cmd_make_builtin = rm -f $@; $(AR) rcST$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS)
-  cmd_make_empty_builtin = rm -f $@; $(AR) rcST$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS)
+  cmd_make_builtin = rm -f $@; $(AR) rcSTP$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS)
+  cmd_make_empty_builtin = rm -f $@; $(AR) rcSTP$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS)
   quiet_cmd_link_o_target = AR      $@
 else
   cmd_make_builtin = $(LD) $(ld_flags) -r -o
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ ifdef lib-target
 quiet_cmd_link_l_target = AR      $@
 
 ifdef CONFIG_THIN_ARCHIVES
-  cmd_link_l_target = rm -f $@; $(AR) rcsT$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS) $@ $(lib-y)
+  cmd_link_l_target = rm -f $@; $(AR) rcsTP$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS) $@ $(lib-y)
 else
   cmd_link_l_target = rm -f $@; $(AR) rcs$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS) $@ $(lib-y)
 endif
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ cmd_link_multi-link = $(LD) $(ld_flags) -r -o $@ $(link_multi_deps) $(cmd_secana
 
 ifdef CONFIG_THIN_ARCHIVES
   quiet_cmd_link_multi-y = AR      $@
-  cmd_link_multi-y = rm -f $@; $(AR) rcST$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS) $@ $(link_multi_deps)
+  cmd_link_multi-y = rm -f $@; $(AR) rcSTP$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS) $@ $(link_multi_deps)
 else
   quiet_cmd_link_multi-y = LD      $@
   cmd_link_multi-y = $(cmd_link_multi-link)
diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index 2a062ea130b5fca90d68e24bf2ae6e644340cf12..72a0aa627c56614a63ff1d49b0bba3e6f2ddbe3b 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ archive_builtin()
 	if [ -n "${CONFIG_THIN_ARCHIVES}" ]; then
 		info AR built-in.o
 		rm -f built-in.o;
-		${AR} rcsT${KBUILD_ARFLAGS} built-in.o			\
+		${AR} rcsTP${KBUILD_ARFLAGS} built-in.o			\
 					${KBUILD_VMLINUX_INIT}		\
 					${KBUILD_VMLINUX_MAIN}
 	fi