diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 10d6cd348abb3f..35497e93399582 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ KBUILD_AFLAGS   += $(ARCH_AFLAGS)   $(KAFLAGS)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(ARCH_CFLAGS)   $(KCFLAGS)
 
 # Use --build-id when available.
-LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID = $(patsubst -Wl$(comma)%,%,\
+LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID := $(patsubst -Wl$(comma)%,%,\
 			      $(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--build-id,))
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE += $(LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID)