diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 5f8d3eed78a1..4bd30315eb62 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -2928,14 +2928,10 @@ int check(struct objtool_file *file)
 	warnings += ret;
 
 out:
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		/*
-		 *  Fatal error.  The binary is corrupt or otherwise broken in
-		 *  some way, or objtool itself is broken.  Fail the kernel
-		 *  build.
-		 */
-		return ret;
-	}
-
+	/*
+	 *  For now, don't fail the kernel build on fatal warnings.  These
+	 *  errors are still fairly common due to the growing matrix of
+	 *  supported toolchains and their recent pace of change.
+	 */
 	return 0;
 }