diff --git a/config/Config-devel.in b/config/Config-devel.in
index 5970ac238d3..938f0b3c9cd 100644
--- a/config/Config-devel.in
+++ b/config/Config-devel.in
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ menuconfig DEVEL
 
 	config EXTRA_OPTIMIZATION
 		string "Additional compiler options" if DEVEL
-		default "-fno-caller-saves -fno-plt" if !CONFIG_EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN
+		default "-fno-caller-saves -fno-plt" if !CONFIG_EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN && !arc
 		default "-fno-caller-saves"
 		help
 		  Extra target-independent optimizations to use when building for the target.