diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 06aaf04e629c..bae6b261481d 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ static bool __dead_end_function(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func,
 		"usercopy_abort",
 		"machine_real_restart",
 		"rewind_stack_do_exit",
+		"cpu_bringup_and_idle",
 	};
 
 	if (!func)