diff --git a/build/config/sanitizers/BUILD.gn b/build/config/sanitizers/BUILD.gn
index 5b8d4edfcb6..bad9e897d6e 100644
--- a/build/config/sanitizers/BUILD.gn
+++ b/build/config/sanitizers/BUILD.gn
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ group("deps") {
 }
 
 config("sanitizer_options_link_helper") {
-  ldflags = [ "-Wl,-u_sanitizer_options_link_helper" ]
+  ldflags = [ "-Wl,-u,_sanitizer_options_link_helper" ]
 }
 
 source_set("options_sources") {
diff --git a/build/sanitizers/sanitizer_options.cc b/build/sanitizers/sanitizer_options.cc
index 6be233ddf4a..14a06227e54 100644
--- a/build/sanitizers/sanitizer_options.cc
+++ b/build/sanitizers/sanitizer_options.cc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // Functions returning default options are declared weak in the tools' runtime
 // libraries. To make the linker pick the strong replacements for those
 // functions from this module, we explicitly force its inclusion by passing
-// -Wl,-u_sanitizer_options_link_helper
+// -Wl,-u,_sanitizer_options_link_helper
 extern "C" void _sanitizer_options_link_helper() {}
 
 // The callbacks we define here will be called from the sanitizer runtime, but