diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
index e28a9ff1246c..4f7a5d3fed91 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ enum spectre_v2_mitigation {
 	SPECTRE_V2_IBRS,
 };
 
+extern char __indirect_thunk_start[];
+extern char __indirect_thunk_end[];
+
 /*
  * On VMEXIT we must ensure that no RSB predictions learned in the guest
  * can be followed in the host, by overwriting the RSB completely. Both
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 74e4bf11f562..e065065a4dfb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ SECTIONS
 		IRQENTRY_TEXT
 		*(.fixup)
 		*(.gnu.warning)
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
+		__indirect_thunk_start = .;
+		*(.text.__x86.indirect_thunk)
+		__indirect_thunk_end = .;
+#endif
+
 		/* End of text section */
 		_etext = .;
 	} :text = 0x9090
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S b/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
index 019a03599bb0..8a8093e9cf01 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <asm/nospec-branch.h>
 
 .macro THUNK reg
-	.section .text.__x86.indirect_thunk.\reg
+	.section .text.__x86.indirect_thunk
 
 ENTRY(__x86_indirect_thunk_\reg)
 	CFI_STARTPROC