diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index 265801a3e94c..6903a7222273 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -1605,6 +1605,7 @@ static void add_cpu_to_masks(int cpu)
 }
 
 /* Activate a secondary processor. */
+__no_stack_protector
 void start_secondary(void *unused)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
index e659cb6fded3..84864767a56a 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
@@ -255,6 +255,18 @@
  */
 #define __noreturn                      __attribute__((__noreturn__))
 
+/*
+ * Optional: only supported since GCC >= 11.1, clang >= 7.0.
+ *
+ *   gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-no_005fstack_005fprotector-function-attribute
+ *   clang: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AttributeReference.html#no-stack-protector-safebuffers
+ */
+#if __has_attribute(__no_stack_protector__)
+# define __no_stack_protector		__attribute__((__no_stack_protector__))
+#else
+# define __no_stack_protector
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Optional: not supported by gcc.
  *
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index af50044deed5..c445c1fb19b9 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -877,7 +877,8 @@ static void __init print_unknown_bootoptions(void)
 	memblock_free(unknown_options, len);
 }
 
-asmlinkage __visible void __init __no_sanitize_address __noreturn start_kernel(void)
+asmlinkage __visible __init __no_sanitize_address __noreturn __no_stack_protector
+void start_kernel(void)
 {
 	char *command_line;
 	char *after_dashes;