diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 86035d866f2c..22bc7cc4b157 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-reorder-blocks,) \
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_FRAME_WARN),0)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wframe-larger-than=${CONFIG_FRAME_WARN})
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wframe-larger-than=$(CONFIG_FRAME_WARN)
 endif
 
 stackp-flags-$(CONFIG_CC_HAS_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE) := -fno-stack-protector
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 69def4a9df00..fb6b93ffdf77 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ config ENABLE_MUST_CHECK
 	  attribute warn_unused_result" messages.
 
 config FRAME_WARN
-	int "Warn for stack frames larger than (needs gcc 4.4)"
+	int "Warn for stack frames larger than"
 	range 0 8192
 	default 2048 if GCC_PLUGIN_LATENT_ENTROPY
 	default 1280 if (!64BIT && PARISC)
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ config FRAME_WARN
 	  Tell gcc to warn at build time for stack frames larger than this.
 	  Setting this too low will cause a lot of warnings.
 	  Setting it to 0 disables the warning.
-	  Requires gcc 4.4
 
 config STRIP_ASM_SYMS
 	bool "Strip assembler-generated symbols during link"