--- /dev/null
+From a097133cd188aa0869ae980b11c6f29d9dba62fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
+Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 19:20:53 -0800
+Subject: nios2: add FORCE for vmlinuz.gz
+
+From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
+
+[ Upstream commit 869e4ae4cd2a23d625aaa14ae62dbebf768cb77d ]
+
+Add FORCE to placate a warning from make:
+
+arch/nios2/boot/Makefile:24: FORCE prerequisite is missing
+
+Fixes: 2fc8483fdcde ("nios2: Build infrastructure")
+Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
+Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
+Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
+---
+ arch/nios2/boot/Makefile | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/arch/nios2/boot/Makefile b/arch/nios2/boot/Makefile
+index c899876320df..76dce0a438a6 100644
+--- a/arch/nios2/boot/Makefile
++++ b/arch/nios2/boot/Makefile
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ $(obj)/vmlinux.bin: vmlinux FORCE
+ $(obj)/vmlinux.gz: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE
+ $(call if_changed,gzip)
+
+-$(obj)/vmImage: $(obj)/vmlinux.gz
++$(obj)/vmImage: $(obj)/vmlinux.gz FORCE
+ $(call if_changed,uimage)
+ @$(kecho) 'Kernel: $@ is ready'
+
+--
+2.35.1
+