diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ibt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ibt.h
index 689880eca9bab4eb79d2b414047ca501ce16458f..9b08082a5d9f564bf3a765e9e52b2b4db9866de5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ibt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ibt.h
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@
 
 #define __noendbr	__attribute__((nocf_check))
 
+/*
+ * Create a dummy function pointer reference to prevent objtool from marking
+ * the function as needing to be "sealed" (i.e. ENDBR converted to NOP by
+ * apply_ibt_endbr()).
+ */
+#define IBT_NOSEAL(fname)				\
+	".pushsection .discard.ibt_endbr_noseal\n\t"	\
+	_ASM_PTR fname "\n\t"				\
+	".popsection\n\t"
+
 static inline __attribute_const__ u32 gen_endbr(void)
 {
 	u32 endbr;
@@ -84,6 +94,7 @@ extern __noendbr void ibt_restore(u64 save);
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 #define ASM_ENDBR
+#define IBT_NOSEAL(name)
 
 #define __noendbr
 
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 0cec74da7ffea42da25d5423207995e1a0579ad0..91678252a9b6740b2463181bd8094d796f38bcb0 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -4096,7 +4096,8 @@ static int validate_ibt(struct objtool_file *file)
 		 * These sections can reference text addresses, but not with
 		 * the intent to indirect branch to them.
 		 */
-		if (!strncmp(sec->name, ".discard", 8)			||
+		if ((!strncmp(sec->name, ".discard", 8) &&
+		     strcmp(sec->name, ".discard.ibt_endbr_noseal"))	||
 		    !strncmp(sec->name, ".debug", 6)			||
 		    !strcmp(sec->name, ".altinstructions")		||
 		    !strcmp(sec->name, ".ibt_endbr_seal")		||