diff --git a/cmake/extra_flags.cmake b/cmake/extra_flags.cmake
index b1f99905d92..e053eb7754a 100644
--- a/cmake/extra_flags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/extra_flags.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 separate_arguments(EXTRA_CPPFLAGS_AS_LIST UNIX_COMMAND ${EXTRA_CPPFLAGS})
-separate_arguments(EXTRA_LD_FLAGS_AS_LIST UNIX_COMMAND ${EXTRA_LD_FLAGS})
+separate_arguments(EXTRA_LDFLAGS_AS_LIST UNIX_COMMAND  ${EXTRA_LDFLAGS})
 separate_arguments(EXTRA_CFLAGS_AS_LIST   UNIX_COMMAND ${EXTRA_CFLAGS})
 separate_arguments(EXTRA_CXXFLAGS_AS_LIST UNIX_COMMAND ${EXTRA_CXXFLAGS})
 separate_arguments(EXTRA_AFLAGS_AS_LIST   UNIX_COMMAND ${EXTRA_AFLAGS})
diff --git a/scripts/sanitycheck b/scripts/sanitycheck
index 0272e2f52af..37a39f8b15b 100755
--- a/scripts/sanitycheck
+++ b/scripts/sanitycheck
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ class MakeGenerator:
 \t\t-B{outdir}\\
 \t\t-DEXTRA_CFLAGS="-Werror {cflags}"\\
 \t\t-DEXTRA_AFLAGS=-Wa,--fatal-warnings\\
-\t\t-DEXTRA_LDFLAGS=--fatal-warnings\\
+\t\t-DEXTRA_LDFLAGS=-Wl,--fatal-warnings\\
 \t\t{args}\\
 \t\t>{logfile} 2>&1
 \t$(MAKE) -C {outdir}\\
diff --git a/tests/unit/unittest.cmake b/tests/unit/unittest.cmake
index 52c89fef412..e0d7caaf68f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/unittest.cmake
+++ b/tests/unit/unittest.cmake
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ separate_arguments(  EXTRA_CFLAGS_AS_LIST UNIX_COMMAND ${EXTRA_CFLAGS})
 separate_arguments(  EXTRA_AFLAGS_AS_LIST UNIX_COMMAND ${EXTRA_AFLAGS})
 separate_arguments(EXTRA_CPPFLAGS_AS_LIST UNIX_COMMAND ${EXTRA_CPPFLAGS})
 separate_arguments(EXTRA_CXXFLAGS_AS_LIST UNIX_COMMAND ${EXTRA_CXXFLAGS})
-separate_arguments(EXTRA_LD_FLAGS_AS_LIST UNIX_COMMAND ${EXTRA_LD_FLAGS})
+separate_arguments(EXTRA_LDFLAGS_AS_LIST UNIX_COMMAND  ${EXTRA_LDFLAGS})
 
 if(NOT SOURCES)
   set(SOURCES main.c)