diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h
index b1a98fa38828..0e82074517f6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <asm/preempt.h>
 #include <asm/asm.h>
 #include <asm/gsseg.h>
+#include <asm/nospec-branch.h>
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG64
 extern void cmpxchg8b_emu(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
index df228f24383f..a492b62ca2ae 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
@@ -271,11 +271,20 @@
 .Lskip_rsb_\@:
 .endm
 
+/*
+ * The CALL to srso_alias_untrain_ret() must be patched in directly at
+ * the spot where untraining must be done, ie., srso_alias_untrain_ret()
+ * must be the target of a CALL instruction instead of indirectly
+ * jumping to a wrapper which then calls it. Therefore, this macro is
+ * called outside of __UNTRAIN_RET below, for the time being, before the
+ * kernel can support nested alternatives with arbitrary nesting.
+ */
+.macro CALL_UNTRAIN_RET
 #if defined(CONFIG_CPU_UNRET_ENTRY) || defined(CONFIG_CPU_SRSO)
-#define CALL_UNTRAIN_RET	"call entry_untrain_ret"
-#else
-#define CALL_UNTRAIN_RET	""
+	ALTERNATIVE_2 "", "call entry_untrain_ret", X86_FEATURE_UNRET, \
+		          "call srso_alias_untrain_ret", X86_FEATURE_SRSO_ALIAS
 #endif
+.endm
 
 /*
  * Mitigate RETBleed for AMD/Hygon Zen uarch. Requires KERNEL CR3 because the
@@ -291,8 +300,8 @@
 .macro __UNTRAIN_RET ibpb_feature, call_depth_insns
 #if defined(CONFIG_RETHUNK) || defined(CONFIG_CPU_IBPB_ENTRY)
 	VALIDATE_UNRET_END
-	ALTERNATIVE_3 "",						\
-		      CALL_UNTRAIN_RET, X86_FEATURE_UNRET,		\
+	CALL_UNTRAIN_RET
+	ALTERNATIVE_2 "",						\
 		      "call entry_ibpb", \ibpb_feature,			\
 		     __stringify(\call_depth_insns), X86_FEATURE_CALL_DEPTH
 #endif
@@ -351,6 +360,8 @@ extern void retbleed_return_thunk(void);
 static inline void retbleed_return_thunk(void) {}
 #endif
 
+extern void srso_alias_untrain_ret(void);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_SRSO
 extern void srso_return_thunk(void);
 extern void srso_alias_return_thunk(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S b/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
index 07e6a095e235..6a4a474c88d7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
@@ -218,10 +218,12 @@ SYM_CODE_START(srso_return_thunk)
 SYM_CODE_END(srso_return_thunk)
 
 #define JMP_SRSO_UNTRAIN_RET "jmp srso_untrain_ret"
-#define JMP_SRSO_ALIAS_UNTRAIN_RET "jmp srso_alias_untrain_ret"
 #else /* !CONFIG_CPU_SRSO */
 #define JMP_SRSO_UNTRAIN_RET "ud2"
-#define JMP_SRSO_ALIAS_UNTRAIN_RET "ud2"
+/* Dummy for the alternative in CALL_UNTRAIN_RET. */
+SYM_CODE_START(srso_alias_untrain_ret)
+	RET
+SYM_FUNC_END(srso_alias_untrain_ret)
 #endif /* CONFIG_CPU_SRSO */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_UNRET_ENTRY
@@ -314,9 +316,7 @@ __EXPORT_THUNK(retbleed_untrain_ret)
 #if defined(CONFIG_CPU_UNRET_ENTRY) || defined(CONFIG_CPU_SRSO)
 
 SYM_FUNC_START(entry_untrain_ret)
-	ALTERNATIVE_2 JMP_RETBLEED_UNTRAIN_RET,				\
-		      JMP_SRSO_UNTRAIN_RET, X86_FEATURE_SRSO,		\
-		      JMP_SRSO_ALIAS_UNTRAIN_RET, X86_FEATURE_SRSO_ALIAS
+	ALTERNATIVE JMP_RETBLEED_UNTRAIN_RET, JMP_SRSO_UNTRAIN_RET, X86_FEATURE_SRSO
 SYM_FUNC_END(entry_untrain_ret)
 __EXPORT_THUNK(entry_untrain_ret)