diff -up linux-4.4/arch/x86/Makefile.orig linux-4.4/arch/x86/Makefile
--- linux-4.4/arch/x86/Makefile.orig	2020-03-19 03:08:53.569999999 -0600
+++ linux-4.4/arch/x86/Makefile	2020-03-19 03:38:57.889999999 -0600
@@ -218,6 +218,14 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-asynchronous-unwin
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(mflags-y)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(mflags-y)
 
+#
+# Binutils 2.34 cannot handle sysexit, this corrects for now.
+#
+ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+KBUILD_AFLAGS += -Wa,-mintel64
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wa,-mintel64
+endif
+
 # Avoid indirect branches in kernel to deal with Spectre
 ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
     RETPOLINE_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mindirect-branch=thunk-extern -mindirect-branch-register)