diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 3efc984d4c69..17508c0e4358 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -224,6 +224,16 @@ cmd_record_mcount = $(if $(findstring $(strip $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE)),$(_c_flags)),
 endif # CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_RECORDMCOUNT
 
 ifdef CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION
+
+objtool_args =								\
+	$(if $(CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC),orc generate,check)			\
+	$(if $(part-of-module), --module)				\
+	$(if $(CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER),, --no-fp)				\
+	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL)$(CONFIG_LTO_CLANG), --no-unreachable)\
+	$(if $(CONFIG_RETPOLINE), --retpoline)				\
+	$(if $(CONFIG_X86_SMAP), --uaccess)				\
+	$(if $(CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL), --mcount)
+
 ifndef CONFIG_LTO_CLANG
 
 __objtool_obj := $(objtree)/tools/objtool/objtool
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 54582673fc1a..0a8a4689c3eb 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -232,17 +232,6 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_LTO_CLANG),y)
 mod-prelink-ext := .lto
 endif
 
-# Objtool arguments are also needed for modfinal with LTO, so we define
-# then here to avoid duplication.
-objtool_args =								\
-	$(if $(CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC),orc generate,check)			\
-	$(if $(part-of-module), --module)				\
-	$(if $(CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER),, --no-fp)				\
-	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL)$(CONFIG_LTO_CLANG), --no-unreachable)\
-	$(if $(CONFIG_RETPOLINE), --retpoline)				\
-	$(if $(CONFIG_X86_SMAP), --uaccess)				\
-	$(if $(CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL), --mcount)
-
 # Useful for describing the dependency of composite objects
 # Usage:
 #   $(call multi_depend, multi_used_targets, suffix_to_remove, suffix_to_add)