diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1ec5289a871f..b9e902e8e382 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ LINUXINCLUDE    := \
 KBUILD_AFLAGS   := -D__ASSEMBLY__ -fno-PIE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   := -Wall -Wundef -Werror=strict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \
 		   -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fshort-wchar -fno-PIE \
-		   -Werror-implicit-function-declaration \
+		   -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Werror=implicit-int \
 		   -Wno-format-security \
 		   -std=gnu89
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS := -D__KERNEL__
@@ -829,9 +829,6 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS  += $(call cc-option,-fno-stack-check,)
 # conserve stack if available
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option,-fconserve-stack)
 
-# disallow errors like 'EXPORT_GPL(foo);' with missing header
-KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option,-Werror=implicit-int)
-
 # Prohibit date/time macros, which would make the build non-deterministic
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option,-Werror=date-time)