diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 58cd4f5e1c3a..c329c910c8b0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ KBUILD_AFLAGS   := -D__ASSEMBLY__ -fno-PIE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   := -Wall -Wundef -Werror=strict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \
 		   -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fshort-wchar -fno-PIE \
 		   -Werror=implicit-function-declaration -Werror=implicit-int \
-		   -Werror=return-type -Wno-format-security \
+		   -Werror=return-type -Wno-format-security -funsigned-char \
 		   -std=gnu11
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS := -D__KERNEL__
 KBUILD_RUSTFLAGS := $(rust_common_flags) \