diff --git a/include/linux/kbuild.h b/include/linux/kbuild.h
index 22a72198c14b..4e80f3a9ad58 100644
--- a/include/linux/kbuild.h
+++ b/include/linux/kbuild.h
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 #define __LINUX_KBUILD_H
 
 #define DEFINE(sym, val) \
-        asm volatile("\n->" #sym " %0 " #val : : "i" (val))
+	asm volatile("\n.ascii \"->" #sym " %0 " #val "\"" : : "i" (val))
 
-#define BLANK() asm volatile("\n->" : : )
+#define BLANK() asm volatile("\n.ascii \"->\"" : : )
 
 #define OFFSET(sym, str, mem) \
 	DEFINE(sym, offsetof(struct str, mem))
 
 #define COMMENT(x) \
-	asm volatile("\n->#" x)
+	asm volatile("\n.ascii \"->#" x "\"")
 
 #endif
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 8109c133887d..2209ed696fb4 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -413,10 +413,14 @@ cmd_xzmisc = (cat $(filter-out FORCE,$^) | \
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Default sed regexp - multiline due to syntax constraints
+#
+# Use [:space:] because LLVM's integrated assembler inserts <tab> around
+# the .ascii directive whereas GCC keeps the <space> as-is.
 define sed-offsets
-	"/^->/{s:->#\(.*\):/* \1 */:; \
+	's:^[[:space:]]*\.ascii[[:space:]]*"\(.*\)".*:\1:; \
+	/^->/{s:->#\(.*\):/* \1 */:; \
 	s:^->\([^ ]*\) [\$$#]*\([^ ]*\) \(.*\):#define \1 \2 /* \3 */:; \
-	s:->::; p;}"
+	s:->::; p;}'
 endef
 
 # Use filechk to avoid rebuilds when a header changes, but the resulting file