1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3f07f0f04475..0fb4f94a6885 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 5
-PATCHLEVEL = 16
+PATCHLEVEL = 17
 SUBLEVEL = 0
-EXTRAVERSION =
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc1
 NAME = Gobble Gobble
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ stackp-flags-$(CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG)      := -fstack-protector-strong
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(stackp-flags-y)
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_WERROR) += -Werror
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(KBUILD_CFLAGS-y) $(CONFIG_CC_IMPLICIT_FALLTHROUGH:"%"=%)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(KBUILD_CFLAGS-y) $(CONFIG_CC_IMPLICIT_FALLTHROUGH)
 
 ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -Qunused-arguments