diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index 1919c311c149..dd484e92752e 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ else
 fi;
 
 # final build of init/
-${MAKE} -f "${srctree}/scripts/Makefile.build" obj=init
+${MAKE} -f "${srctree}/scripts/Makefile.build" obj=init need-builtin=1
 
 #link vmlinux.o
 info LD vmlinux.o