diff --git a/Kernel/mkmap.sh b/Kernel/mkmap.sh
index 21afc67515..37970917a3 100644
--- a/Kernel/mkmap.sh
+++ b/Kernel/mkmap.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 tmp=$(mktemp)
 nm -n Kernel | grep -vE \\.Lubsan_data | awk '{ if ($2 != "a") print; }' | uniq > "$tmp"
-printf "%08x\n" "$(wc -l "$tmp" | cut -f1 -d' ')" > kernel.map
+printf "%08x\n" "$(wc -l "$tmp" | awk '{print $1}')" > kernel.map
 c++filt < "$tmp" >> kernel.map
 rm -f "$tmp"