diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.c b/scripts/recordmcount.c
index 9c22317778eb..ee625e3a56ba 100644
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.c
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.c
@@ -189,6 +189,20 @@ static void *mmap_file(char const *fname)
 		addr = umalloc(sb.st_size);
 		uread(fd_map, addr, sb.st_size);
 	}
+	if (sb.st_nlink != 1) {
+		/* file is hard-linked, break the hard link */
+		close(fd_map);
+		if (unlink(fname) < 0) {
+			perror(fname);
+			fail_file();
+		}
+		fd_map = open(fname, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, sb.st_mode);
+		if (fd_map < 0) {
+			perror(fname);
+			fail_file();
+		}
+		uwrite(fd_map, addr, sb.st_size);
+	}
 	return addr;
 }