diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/mkinitrd.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/mkinitrd.sh
index 70661457e3d6..dbb6f0160281 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/mkinitrd.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/mkinitrd.sh
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ int main(int argc, int argv[])
 	return 0;
 }
 ___EOF___
-${CROSS_COMPILE}gcc -static -Os -o init init.c
-strip init
+${CROSS_COMPILE}gcc -s -static -Os -o init init.c
 rm init.c
 echo "Done creating a statically linked C-language initrd"