diff --git a/Dockerfile.gcc b/Dockerfile.gcc
index f0821d8613270..98a6472f99956 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.gcc
+++ b/Dockerfile.gcc
@@ -98,19 +98,17 @@ RUN if [ -f "/kernel-src/certs/x509.genkey" ]; then \
         cp /kernel-src/certs/x509.genkey /kernel-out/certs/x509.genkey; \
     fi
 
+RUN make -j$(nproc) mrproper
+RUN make O=/kernel-out ${KERNEL_CONFIG}
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/ccache,id=kernel-ccache-${TARGETARCH} \
-    ccache -z && \
-    echo "Building kernel for ${TARGETARCH} with ARCH=${ARCH} and CROSS_COMPILE=${CROSS_COMPILE}" && \
-    make -j$(nproc) mrproper \
-    && make O=/kernel-out ${KERNEL_CONFIG} \
-    && make O=/kernel-out LOCALVERSION="-${LOCALVERSION}" -j$(nproc) prepare \
-    && make O=/kernel-out LOCALVERSION="-${LOCALVERSION}" -j$(nproc) \
-    && make O=/kernel-out LOCALVERSION="-${LOCALVERSION}" -j$(nproc) modules \
-    && make O=/kernel-out LOCALVERSION="-${LOCALVERSION}" -j$(nproc) modules_install INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 \
-        INSTALL_MOD_PATH=/tmp/kernel-modules \
-    && make O=/kernel-out -j$(nproc) \
+    ccache -z \
+    && echo "Building kernel for ${TARGETARCH} with ARCH=${ARCH} and CROSS_COMPILE=${CROSS_COMPILE}" \
+    && make CC="${CROSS_COMPILE}gcc" O=/kernel-out LOCALVERSION="-${LOCALVERSION}" -j$(nproc) prepare Image modules \
+    && make CC="${CROSS_COMPILE}gcc" O=/kernel-out LOCALVERSION="-${LOCALVERSION}" -j$(nproc) modules_install INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 \
+        INSTALL_MOD_PATH=/tmp/kernel-modules #\
+    && make CC="${CROSS_COMPILE}gcc" O=/kernel-out -j$(nproc) \
         INSTALL_DTBS_PATH=/tmp/kernel-modules/boot/dtb dtbs_install && \
-    ccache -s
+    ccache -s | tee -a /ccache-stats.txt
 
 ADD https://github.com/openzfs/zfs.git#zfs-2.2.2 /tmp/zfs
 WORKDIR /tmp/zfs
@@ -127,9 +125,9 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/ccache,id=zfs-ccache-${TARGETARCH} \
     ./scripts/make_gitrev.sh
 
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/ccache,id=zfs-ccache-${TARGETARCH} \
-    make -C module -j$(nproc) && \
+    make CC="${CROSS_COMPILE}gcc" -C module -j$(nproc) && \
     make -C module INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 INSTALL_MOD_PATH=/tmp/kernel-modules install && \
-    ccache -s
+    ccache -s | tee -a /ccache-stats.txt
 
 FROM builder as artifacts