diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/Makefile b/arch/alpha/kernel/Makefile
index 1ee9b5b629b..9bb7b858ed2 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/Makefile
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 #
 
 extra-y		:= head.o vmlinux.lds
-EXTRA_AFLAGS	:= $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)
-EXTRA_CFLAGS	:= -Werror -Wno-sign-compare
+asflags-y	:= $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)
+ccflags-y	:= -Werror -Wno-sign-compare
 
 obj-y    := entry.o traps.o process.o init_task.o osf_sys.o irq.o \
 	    irq_alpha.o signal.o setup.o ptrace.o time.o \
diff --git a/arch/alpha/lib/Makefile b/arch/alpha/lib/Makefile
index 9b72c59c95b..c0a83ab62b7 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/alpha/lib/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Makefile for alpha-specific library files..
 #
 
-EXTRA_AFLAGS := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)
-EXTRA_CFLAGS := -Werror
+asflags-y := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)
+ccflags-y := -Werror
 
 # Many of these routines have implementations tuned for ev6.
 # Choose them iff we're targeting ev6 specifically.
diff --git a/arch/alpha/math-emu/Makefile b/arch/alpha/math-emu/Makefile
index 359ef087e69..7f467199524 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/math-emu/Makefile
+++ b/arch/alpha/math-emu/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Makefile for the FPU instruction emulation.
 #
 
-EXTRA_CFLAGS := -w
+ccflags-y := -w
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_MATHEMU) += math-emu.o
 
diff --git a/arch/alpha/mm/Makefile b/arch/alpha/mm/Makefile
index 09399c5386c..c993d3f93cf 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/mm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/alpha/mm/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Makefile for the linux alpha-specific parts of the memory manager.
 #
 
-EXTRA_CFLAGS := -Werror
+ccflags-y := -Werror
 
 obj-y	:= init.o fault.o extable.o
 
diff --git a/arch/alpha/oprofile/Makefile b/arch/alpha/oprofile/Makefile
index 4aa56247bdc..3473de751b0 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/oprofile/Makefile
+++ b/arch/alpha/oprofile/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-EXTRA_CFLAGS := -Werror -Wno-sign-compare
+ccflags-y := -Werror -Wno-sign-compare
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_OPROFILE) += oprofile.o