diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f97f786..06e2b73 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
 CFLAGS_KERNEL	=
 AFLAGS_KERNEL	=
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux =
-CFLAGS_GCOV	= -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage -fno-tree-loop-im
+CFLAGS_GCOV	= -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage -fno-tree-loop-im -Wno-maybe-uninitialized
 CFLAGS_KCOV	:= $(call cc-option,-fsanitize-coverage=trace-pc,)
 
 
@@ -620,7 +620,6 @@
 include arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks,)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-disable-warning,frame-address,)
 
 ifdef CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
@@ -629,15 +628,18 @@
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -Os
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -Os $(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)
 else
 ifdef CONFIG_PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -O2
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -O2 $(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)
 else
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += -O2
 endif
 endif
 
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0409, \
+			$(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,))
+
 # Tell gcc to never replace conditional load with a non-conditional one
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,--param=allow-store-data-races=0)