diff --git a/package/binutils/binutils.mk b/package/binutils/binutils.mk
index 914393ef00..5ab346c9e3 100644
--- a/package/binutils/binutils.mk
+++ b/package/binutils/binutils.mk
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ endif
 
 ifneq ($(ARCH_XTENSA_CORE_NAME),)
 define BINUTILS_XTENSA_PRE_PATCH
-	tar xf $(ARCH_XTENSA_OVERLAY_TAR) -C $(@D) --strip-components=1 binutils
+	$(call arch-xtensa-overlay-extract,$(@D),binutils)
 endef
 BINUTILS_PRE_PATCH_HOOKS += BINUTILS_XTENSA_PRE_PATCH
 HOST_BINUTILS_PRE_PATCH_HOOKS += BINUTILS_XTENSA_PRE_PATCH