diff --git a/tools/winegcc.c b/tools/winegcc.c
index cd68fa8f7ba..d58a242ac4d 100644
--- a/tools/winegcc.c
+++ b/tools/winegcc.c
@@ -58,9 +58,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                 case 'c':        /* compile or assemble */
                 case 'S':        /* generate assembler code */
                 case 'E':        /* preprocess only */
-                case 'M':        /* map file generation */
                     if (argv[i][2] == 0) linking = 0;
                     break;
+                case 'M':        /* map file generation */
+                    linking = 0;
+                    break;
 		case 'm':
 		    if (strcmp("-mno-cygwin", argv[i]) == 0)
 			use_msvcrt = 1;