diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile
index 33b16f4212f7a..a4ee3a0e7d20d 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ $(obj)/vdso.so.dbg: $(src)/vdso.lds $(obj-vdso) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,vdsold)
 
 # We also create a special relocatable object that should mirror the symbol
-# table and layout of the linked DSO.  With ld -R we can then refer to
-# these symbols in the kernel code rather than hand-coded addresses.
+# table and layout of the linked DSO. With ld --just-symbols we can then
+# refer to these symbols in the kernel code rather than hand-coded addresses.
 
 SYSCFLAGS_vdso.so.dbg = -shared -s -Wl,-soname=linux-vdso.so.1 \
 	-Wl,--build-id -Wl,--hash-style=both
 $(obj)/vdso-dummy.o: $(src)/vdso.lds $(obj)/rt_sigreturn.o FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,vdsold)
 
-LDFLAGS_vdso-syms.o := -r -R
+LDFLAGS_vdso-syms.o := -r --just-symbols
 $(obj)/vdso-syms.o: $(obj)/vdso-dummy.o FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ld)