diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9869f57..9f9b76d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -986,6 +986,10 @@ NOSTDINC_FLAGS += -nostdinc
 # perform bounds checking.
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fstrict-flex-arrays=3)
 
+#Currently, disable -Wstringop-overflow for GCC 11, globally.
+KBUILD_CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_CC_NO_STRINGOP_OVERFLOW) += $(call cc-option, -Wno-stringop-overflow)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_CC_STRINGOP_OVERFLOW) += $(call cc-option, -Wstringop-overflow)
+
 # disable invalid "can't wrap" optimizations for signed / pointers
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -fno-strict-overflow
 
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 8df18f3..8d4e836 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -876,6 +876,18 @@ config CC_NO_ARRAY_BOUNDS
 	bool
 	default y if CC_IS_GCC && GCC_VERSION >= 110000 && GCC11_NO_ARRAY_BOUNDS
 
+# Currently, disable -Wstringop-overflow for GCC 11, globally.
+config GCC11_NO_STRINGOP_OVERFLOW
+	def_bool y
+
+config CC_NO_STRINGOP_OVERFLOW
+	bool
+	default y if CC_IS_GCC && GCC_VERSION >= 110000 && GCC_VERSION < 120000 && GCC11_NO_STRINGOP_OVERFLOW
+
+config CC_STRINGOP_OVERFLOW
+	bool
+	default y if CC_IS_GCC && !CC_NO_STRINGOP_OVERFLOW
+
 #
 # For architectures that know their GCC __int128 support is sound
 #
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
index 9b7a37a..a9e552a 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wunused-const-variable)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wpacked-not-aligned)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wformat-overflow)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wformat-truncation)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wstringop-overflow)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wstringop-truncation)
 
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -Wundef
@@ -113,7 +112,6 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, restrict)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, packed-not-aligned)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, format-overflow)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, format-truncation)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, stringop-overflow)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, stringop-truncation)
 
 ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG