diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
index 5fb656a0b7d7..6caf09990da8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
@@ -17,14 +17,18 @@ obj-vdso := vgettimeofday.o note.o sigreturn.o
 targets := $(obj-vdso) vdso.so vdso.so.dbg
 obj-vdso := $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(obj-vdso))
 
+# -Bsymbolic has been added for consistency with arm, the compat vDSO and
+# potential future proofing if we end up with internal calls to the exported
+# routines, as x86 does (see 6f121e548f83 ("x86, vdso: Reimplement vdso.so
+# preparation in build-time C")).
 ldflags-y := -shared -nostdlib -soname=linux-vdso.so.1 --hash-style=sysv \
-		--build-id -n -T
+		-Bsymbolic --build-id -n -T
+
 ccflags-y += $(DISABLE_LTO)
 
 ccflags-y := -fno-common -fno-builtin -fno-stack-protector -ffixed-x18
 ccflags-y += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
 
-VDSO_LDFLAGS := -Bsymbolic
 
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_vgettimeofday.o = $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE) -Os $(CC_FLAGS_SCS)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS			+= $(DISABLE_LTO)