diff --git a/packages/security/cryptodev-linux/build b/packages/security/cryptodev-linux/build
index 9b9907027e..0c7cbf5041 100755
--- a/packages/security/cryptodev-linux/build
+++ b/packages/security/cryptodev-linux/build
@@ -22,11 +22,8 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-# dont use our LDFLAGS, use the KERNEL LDFLAGS
-  LDFLAGS=""
-
 cd $PKG_BUILD
-  make V=1 CC=$CC -C $(kernel_path) SUBDIRS=`pwd` modules
+  LDFLAGS="" make V=1 CC=$CC -C $(kernel_path) SUBDIRS=`pwd` modules
 
 mkdir -p $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/crypto
   cp crypto/cryptodev.h $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/crypto