diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b25ce26c1cd7..aebea559a693 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -760,6 +760,13 @@ ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
 ifndef CC_FLAGS_FTRACE
 CC_FLAGS_FTRACE := -pg
 endif
+ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
+  # gcc 5 supports generating the mcount tables directly
+  ifeq ($(call cc-option-yn,-mrecord-mcount),y)
+    CC_FLAGS_FTRACE	+= -mrecord-mcount
+    export CC_USING_RECORD_MCOUNT := 1
+  endif
+endif
 export CC_FLAGS_FTRACE
 ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_FENTRY
 CC_USING_FENTRY	:= $(call cc-option, -mfentry -DCC_USING_FENTRY)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index abf37266c44f..f4b752cb1751 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -224,11 +224,8 @@ cmd_modversions_c =								\
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
-# gcc 5 supports generating the mcount tables directly
-ifneq ($(call cc-option,-mrecord-mcount,y),y)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mrecord-mcount
-else
-# else do it all manually
+ifndef CC_USING_RECORD_MCOUNT
+# compiler will not generate __mcount_loc use recordmcount or recordmcount.pl
 ifdef BUILD_C_RECORDMCOUNT
 ifeq ("$(origin RECORDMCOUNT_WARN)", "command line")
   RECORDMCOUNT_FLAGS = -w
@@ -257,7 +254,7 @@ cmd_record_mcount =						\
 	     "$(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE)" ]; then			\
 		$(sub_cmd_record_mcount)			\
 	fi;
-endif # -record-mcount
+endif # CC_USING_RECORD_MCOUNT
 endif # CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
 
 ifdef CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION