diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/mkinitrd.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/mkinitrd.sh
index 38e424d2392c..70d62fd0d31d 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/mkinitrd.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/mkinitrd.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if echo -e "#if __x86_64__||__i386__||__i486__||__i586__||__i686__" \
 	# architecture supported by nolibc
         ${CROSS_COMPILE}gcc -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-ident \
 		-nostdlib -include ../../../../include/nolibc/nolibc.h \
-		-lgcc -s -static -Os -o init init.c
+		-s -static -Os -o init init.c -lgcc
 else
 	${CROSS_COMPILE}gcc -s -static -Os -o init init.c
 fi