# perform bounds checking.
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fstrict-flex-arrays=3)
 
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -Wstringop-overflow)
+
 # disable invalid "can't wrap" optimizations for signed / pointers
 KBUILD_CFLAGS  += -fno-strict-overflow
 
 
 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
 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