diff --git a/tools/objtool/sync-check.sh b/tools/objtool/sync-check.sh
index b5f526638f0a..cea1c12607b9 100755
--- a/tools/objtool/sync-check.sh
+++ b/tools/objtool/sync-check.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
+if [ -z "$SRCARCH" ]; then
+	echo 'sync-check.sh: error: missing $SRCARCH environment variable' >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "$SRCARCH" = "x86" ]; then
 FILES="
 arch/x86/include/asm/inat_types.h
 arch/x86/include/asm/orc_types.h
@@ -13,6 +19,7 @@ arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h     -I '^#include [\"<]\(asm/\)*inat.h[\">]'
 arch/x86/lib/inat.c             -I '^#include [\"<]\(../include/\)*asm/insn.h[\">]'
 arch/x86/lib/insn.c             -I '^#include [\"<]\(../include/\)*asm/in\(at\|sn\).h[\">]' -I '^#include [\"<]\(../include/\)*asm/emulate_prefix.h[\">]'
 "
+fi
 
 check_2 () {
   file1=$1