diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
index 6238509e8fa6..523d52b0d3c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   postFixup = optionalString isModular ''
     if [ -z "$dontStrip" ]; then
-        find $out -name "*.ko" -print0 | xargs -0 strip -S
+        find $out -name "*.ko" -print0 | xargs -0 -r strip -S
     fi
   '';