diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 7b3487a67476..a64f3c6e2012 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -531,8 +531,9 @@ more details, with real examples.
 	than or equal to gcc 3.0.
 
     cc-ifversion
-	cc-ifversion tests the version of $(CC) and equals last argument if
-	version expression is true.
+	cc-ifversion tests the version of $(CC) and equals the fourth parameter
+	if version expression is true, or the fifth (if given) if the version
+	expression is false.
 
 	Example:
 		#fs/reiserfs/Makefile
diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index ddf0ebdc2ca8..d3437b82ac25 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ cc-fullversion = $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) \
 
 # cc-ifversion
 # Usage:  EXTRA_CFLAGS += $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0402, -O1)
-cc-ifversion = $(shell [ $(cc-version) $(1) $(2) ] && echo $(3))
+cc-ifversion = $(shell [ $(cc-version) $(1) $(2) ] && echo $(3) || echo $(4))
 
 # cc-ldoption
 # Usage: ldflags += $(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=both)
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ ld-version = $(shell $(LD) --version | $(srctree)/scripts/ld-version.sh)
 
 # ld-ifversion
 # Usage:  $(call ld-ifversion, -ge, 22252, y)
-ld-ifversion = $(shell [ $(ld-version) $(1) $(2) ] && echo $(3))
+ld-ifversion = $(shell [ $(ld-version) $(1) $(2) ] && echo $(3) || echo $(4))
 
 ######