diff --git a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
index 0a04f8ea4432..95fcecee60ce 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ const struct option check_options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('r', "retpoline", &opts.retpoline, "validate and annotate retpoline usage"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0,   "rethunk", &opts.rethunk, "validate and annotate rethunk usage"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0,   "unret", &opts.unret, "validate entry unret placement"),
+	OPT_INTEGER(0,   "prefix", &opts.prefix, "generate prefix symbols"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('l', "sls", &opts.sls, "validate straight-line-speculation mitigations"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "stackval", &opts.stackval, "validate frame pointer rules"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('t', "static-call", &opts.static_call, "annotate static calls"),
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 7936312e10c7..27f35f5f831a 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -3417,7 +3417,8 @@ static int validate_branch(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func,
 
 		if (func && insn_func(insn) && func != insn_func(insn)->pfunc) {
 			/* Ignore KCFI type preambles, which always fall through */
-			if (!strncmp(func->name, "__cfi_", 6))
+			if (!strncmp(func->name, "__cfi_", 6) ||
+			    !strncmp(func->name, "__pfx_", 6))
 				return 0;
 
 			WARN("%s() falls through to next function %s()",
@@ -3972,6 +3973,34 @@ static bool ignore_unreachable_insn(struct objtool_file *file, struct instructio
 	return false;
 }
 
+static int add_prefix_symbol(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func,
+			     struct instruction *insn)
+{
+	if (!opts.prefix)
+		return 0;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		struct instruction *prev = list_prev_entry(insn, list);
+		u64 offset;
+
+		if (&prev->list == &file->insn_list)
+			break;
+
+		if (prev->type != INSN_NOP)
+			break;
+
+		offset = func->offset - prev->offset;
+		if (offset >= opts.prefix) {
+			if (offset == opts.prefix)
+				elf_create_prefix_symbol(file->elf, func, opts.prefix);
+			break;
+		}
+		insn = prev;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int validate_symbol(struct objtool_file *file, struct section *sec,
 			   struct symbol *sym, struct insn_state *state)
 {
@@ -3990,6 +4019,8 @@ static int validate_symbol(struct objtool_file *file, struct section *sec,
 	if (!insn || insn->ignore || insn->visited)
 		return 0;
 
+	add_prefix_symbol(file, sym, insn);
+
 	state->uaccess = sym->uaccess_safe;
 
 	ret = validate_branch(file, insn_func(insn), insn, *state);
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index 36dc78796f58..3d636d12d679 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -819,6 +819,37 @@ elf_create_section_symbol(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec)
 	return sym;
 }
 
+static int elf_add_string(struct elf *elf, struct section *strtab, char *str);
+
+struct symbol *
+elf_create_prefix_symbol(struct elf *elf, struct symbol *orig, long size)
+{
+	struct symbol *sym = calloc(1, sizeof(*sym));
+	size_t namelen = strlen(orig->name) + sizeof("__pfx_");
+	char *name = malloc(namelen);
+
+	if (!sym || !name) {
+		perror("malloc");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	snprintf(name, namelen, "__pfx_%s", orig->name);
+
+	sym->name = name;
+	sym->sec = orig->sec;
+
+	sym->sym.st_name = elf_add_string(elf, NULL, name);
+	sym->sym.st_info = orig->sym.st_info;
+	sym->sym.st_value = orig->sym.st_value - size;
+	sym->sym.st_size = size;
+
+	sym = __elf_create_symbol(elf, sym);
+	if (sym)
+		elf_add_symbol(elf, sym);
+
+	return sym;
+}
+
 int elf_add_reloc_to_insn(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec,
 			  unsigned long offset, unsigned int type,
 			  struct section *insn_sec, unsigned long insn_off)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h
index 22092a9f3cf6..f341b620dead 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ struct opts {
 	bool stackval;
 	bool static_call;
 	bool uaccess;
+	int prefix;
 
 	/* options: */
 	bool backtrace;
diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
index 9e96a613c50f..b6974e3173aa 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ static inline bool has_multiple_files(struct elf *elf)
 struct elf *elf_open_read(const char *name, int flags);
 struct section *elf_create_section(struct elf *elf, const char *name, unsigned int sh_flags, size_t entsize, int nr);
 
+struct symbol *elf_create_prefix_symbol(struct elf *elf, struct symbol *orig, long size);
+
 int elf_add_reloc(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec, unsigned long offset,
 		  unsigned int type, struct symbol *sym, s64 addend);
 int elf_add_reloc_to_insn(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec,