diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index 8b6325c2dfc5f..f25f102abbc71 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -138,8 +138,13 @@ gen_btf()
 	${OBJCOPY} --only-section=.BTF --set-section-flags .BTF=alloc,readonly \
 		--strip-all ${1} ${2} 2>/dev/null
 	# Change e_type to ET_REL so that it can be used to link final vmlinux.
-	# Unlike GNU ld, lld does not allow an ET_EXEC input.
-	printf '\1' | dd of=${2} conv=notrunc bs=1 seek=16 status=none
+	# GNU ld 2.35+ and lld do not allow an ET_EXEC input.
+	if [ -n "${CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN}" ]; then
+		et_rel='\0\1'
+	else
+		et_rel='\1\0'
+	fi
+	printf "${et_rel}" | dd of=${2} conv=notrunc bs=1 seek=16 status=none
 }
 
 # Create ${2} .o file with all symbols from the ${1} object file