diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6cb965fe2cb3..05eed26d3e4b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -930,6 +930,9 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option,-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types)
 # Require designated initializers for all marked structures
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option,-Werror=designated-init)
 
+# Ensure compilers do not transform certain loops into calls to wcslen()
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-builtin-wcslen
+
 # change __FILE__ to the relative path from the srctree
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fmacro-prefix-map=$(srctree)/=)