diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index c0e26ad1fa7e..9b341584eb1b 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -1757,11 +1757,14 @@ static int validate_branch(struct objtool_file *file, struct instruction *first,
 		if (insn->dead_end)
 			return 0;
 
-		insn = next_insn;
-		if (!insn) {
+		if (!next_insn) {
+			if (state.cfa.base == CFI_UNDEFINED)
+				return 0;
 			WARN("%s: unexpected end of section", sec->name);
 			return 1;
 		}
+
+		insn = next_insn;
 	}
 
 	return 0;