diff --git a/arch/arm/src/Makefile b/arch/arm/src/Makefile
index 2c7630f07c6..ccee889260f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/src/Makefile
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 ARCHSCRIPT := $(call CONVERT_PATH,$(ARCHSCRIPT))
-LDFLAGS += $(SCRIPT_OPT) $(addsuffix .tmp,$(ARCHSCRIPT)) $(EXTRALINKCMDS)
+LDFLAGS += $(addprefix $(SCRIPT_OPT) ,$(addsuffix .tmp,$(ARCHSCRIPT))) $(EXTRALINKCMDS)
 LIBPATHS += $(LIBPATH_OPT) $(call CONVERT_PATH,$(TOPDIR)$(DELIM)staging)
 
 BOARDMAKE = $(if $(wildcard board$(DELIM)Makefile),y,)