diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/startup/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/startup/Makefile
index 73946a3f6b3b..8919a1cbcb5a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/startup/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/startup/Makefile
@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@ KBUILD_AFLAGS		+= -D__DISABLE_EXPORTS
 
 lib-$(CONFIG_X86_64)		+= la57toggle.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_EFI_MIXED)		+= efi-mixed.o
+
+#
+# Disable objtool validation for all library code, which is intended
+# to be linked into the decompressor or the EFI stub but not vmlinux
+#
+$(patsubst %.o,$(obj)/%.o,$(lib-y)): OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD := y