diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 5d2f17c3be..61b3e8c956 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ kernel_do_configure() {
 
 do_savedefconfig() {
 	bbplain "Saving defconfig to:\n${B}/defconfig"
-	oe_runmake -C ${B} savedefconfig
+	oe_runmake -C ${B} LD='${KERNEL_LD}' savedefconfig
 }
 do_savedefconfig[nostamp] = "1"
 addtask savedefconfig after do_configure