diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index c95dd3e2453d..1ec8b72b7b77 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ kallsymso=
 strip_debug=
 
 if is_enabled CONFIG_KALLSYMS; then
-	kallsyms /dev/null .tmp_vmlinux0.kallsyms
+	truncate -s0 .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms0.syms
+	kallsyms .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms0.syms .tmp_vmlinux0.kallsyms
 fi
 
 if is_enabled CONFIG_KALLSYMS || is_enabled CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF; then