diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
index ec90c32..1aad6c7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
@@ -68,6 +68,18 @@
 .endm
 
 /*
+ * This should be used immediately before an indirect jump/call. It tells
+ * objtool the subsequent indirect jump/call is vouched safe for retpoline
+ * builds.
+ */
+.macro ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE
+	.Lannotate_\@:
+	.pushsection .discard.retpoline_safe
+	_ASM_PTR .Lannotate_\@
+	.popsection
+.endm
+
+/*
  * These are the bare retpoline primitives for indirect jmp and call.
  * Do not use these directly; they only exist to make the ALTERNATIVE
  * invocation below less ugly.
@@ -103,9 +115,9 @@
 .macro JMP_NOSPEC reg:req
 #ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
 	ANNOTATE_NOSPEC_ALTERNATIVE
-	ALTERNATIVE_2 __stringify(jmp *\reg),				\
+	ALTERNATIVE_2 __stringify(ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE; jmp *\reg),	\
 		__stringify(RETPOLINE_JMP \reg), X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE,	\
-		__stringify(lfence; jmp *\reg), X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE_AMD
+		__stringify(lfence; ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE; jmp *\reg), X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE_AMD
 #else
 	jmp	*\reg
 #endif
@@ -114,9 +126,9 @@
 .macro CALL_NOSPEC reg:req
 #ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
 	ANNOTATE_NOSPEC_ALTERNATIVE
-	ALTERNATIVE_2 __stringify(call *\reg),				\
+	ALTERNATIVE_2 __stringify(ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE; call *\reg),	\
 		__stringify(RETPOLINE_CALL \reg), X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE,\
-		__stringify(lfence; call *\reg), X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE_AMD
+		__stringify(lfence; ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE; call *\reg), X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE_AMD
 #else
 	call	*\reg
 #endif
@@ -144,6 +156,12 @@
 	".long 999b - .\n\t"					\
 	".popsection\n\t"
 
+#define ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE					\
+	"999:\n\t"						\
+	".pushsection .discard.retpoline_safe\n\t"		\
+	_ASM_PTR " 999b\n\t"					\
+	".popsection\n\t"
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) && defined(RETPOLINE)
 
 /*
@@ -153,6 +171,7 @@
 # define CALL_NOSPEC						\
 	ANNOTATE_NOSPEC_ALTERNATIVE				\
 	ALTERNATIVE(						\
+	ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE					\
 	"call *%[thunk_target]\n",				\
 	"call __x86_indirect_thunk_%V[thunk_target]\n",		\
 	X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE)