diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index b9579cef9..282938413 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -1596,7 +1596,12 @@ BuildKernel() {
     echo USING ARCH=$Arch
 
     make -s ARCH=$Arch oldnoconfig >/dev/null
+%ifarch %{arm}
+    # http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2012-March/091404.html
+    make -s ARCH=$Arch V=1 %{?_smp_mflags} $MakeTarget %{?sparse_mflags} KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS=1
+%else
     make -s ARCH=$Arch V=1 %{?_smp_mflags} $MakeTarget %{?sparse_mflags}
+%endif
     make -s ARCH=$Arch V=1 %{?_smp_mflags} modules %{?sparse_mflags} || exit 1
 
     # Start installing the results
@@ -2307,6 +2312,9 @@ fi
 #                 ||----w |
 #                 ||     ||
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 12 2012 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us>
+- KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS=1 has to be passed in on the command line so do so only for arm
+
 * Wed Apr 11 2012 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org>
 - update ARM configs, rename arm-omap