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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ba7a55ccd890..c3bd316b16f4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -797,15 +797,17 @@ ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
# o The correct .tmp_kallsyms2.o is linked into the final vmlinux.
# o Verify that the System.map from vmlinux matches the map from
# .tmp_vmlinux2, just in case we did not generate kallsyms correctly.
-# o If CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS is set, do an extra pass using
+# o If 'make KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS=1" was used, do an extra pass using
# .tmp_vmlinux3 and .tmp_kallsyms3.o. This is only meant as a
# temporary bypass to allow the kernel to be built while the
# maintainers work out what went wrong with kallsyms.
-ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS
-last_kallsyms := 3
-else
last_kallsyms := 2
+
+ifdef KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS
+ifneq ($(KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS),0)
+last_kallsyms := 3
+endif
endif
kallsyms.o := .tmp_kallsyms$(last_kallsyms).o
@@ -816,7 +818,8 @@ define verify_kallsyms
$(cmd_sysmap) .tmp_vmlinux$(last_kallsyms) .tmp_System.map
$(Q)cmp -s System.map .tmp_System.map || \
(echo Inconsistent kallsyms data; \
- echo Try setting CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS; \
+ echo This is a bug - please report about it; \
+ echo Try "make KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS=1" as a workaround; \
rm .tmp_kallsyms* ; /bin/false )
endef