diff --git a/scripts/cc-can-link.sh b/scripts/cc-can-link.sh
index e67fd8d7b684..58dc7dd6d556 100755
--- a/scripts/cc-can-link.sh
+++ b/scripts/cc-can-link.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cat << "END" | $@ -Werror -Wl,--fatal-warnings -x c - -o /dev/null >/dev/null 2>
 #include <stdio.h>
 int main(void)
 {
-	printf("");
+	printf("\n");
 	return 0;
 }
 END