diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 53d862aee335..ce0fc4dd68c6 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ __objtool_obj := $(objtree)/tools/objtool/objtool
 
 objtool_args = $(if $(CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC),orc generate,check)
 
+objtool_args += $(if $(part-of-module), --module,)
+
 ifndef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
 objtool_args += --no-fp
 endif
diff --git a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
index dd6bcd6097f5..694abc628e9b 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "check.h"
 
-bool no_fp, no_unreachable, retpoline;
+bool no_fp, no_unreachable, retpoline, module;
 
 static const char * const check_usage[] = {
 	"objtool check [<options>] file.o",
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const struct option check_options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "no-fp", &no_fp, "Skip frame pointer validation"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('u', "no-unreachable", &no_unreachable, "Skip 'unreachable instruction' warnings"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('r', "retpoline", &retpoline, "Validate retpoline assumptions"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "module", &module, "Indicates the object will be part of a kernel module"),
 	OPT_END(),
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/objtool/builtin.h b/tools/objtool/builtin.h
index 7b6addfce045..28ff40e19a14 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/builtin.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/builtin.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 
 extern const struct option check_options[];
-extern bool no_fp, no_unreachable, retpoline;
+extern bool no_fp, no_unreachable, retpoline, module;
 
 extern int cmd_check(int argc, const char **argv);
 extern int cmd_orc(int argc, const char **argv);
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 5e5db7b4d77b..472e64e95891 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -1958,6 +1958,15 @@ static int validate_retpoline(struct objtool_file *file)
 		if (insn->retpoline_safe)
 			continue;
 
+		/*
+		 * .init.text code is ran before userspace and thus doesn't
+		 * strictly need retpolines, except for modules which are
+		 * loaded late, they very much do need retpoline in their
+		 * .init.text
+		 */
+		if (!strcmp(insn->sec->name, ".init.text") && !module)
+			continue;
+
 		WARN_FUNC("indirect %s found in RETPOLINE build",
 			  insn->sec, insn->offset,
 			  insn->type == INSN_JUMP_DYNAMIC ? "jump" : "call");