diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index 4e60e105583ee803916589ca56df0e81e12b8fb3..0d1acb704f641df7762f12f159afd70313089cc0 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -302,19 +302,34 @@ static int read_symbols(struct elf *elf)
 				continue;
 			sym->pfunc = sym->cfunc = sym;
 			coldstr = strstr(sym->name, ".cold.");
-			if (coldstr) {
-				coldstr[0] = '\0';
-				pfunc = find_symbol_by_name(elf, sym->name);
-				coldstr[0] = '.';
-
-				if (!pfunc) {
-					WARN("%s(): can't find parent function",
-					     sym->name);
-					goto err;
-				}
-
-				sym->pfunc = pfunc;
-				pfunc->cfunc = sym;
+			if (!coldstr)
+				continue;
+
+			coldstr[0] = '\0';
+			pfunc = find_symbol_by_name(elf, sym->name);
+			coldstr[0] = '.';
+
+			if (!pfunc) {
+				WARN("%s(): can't find parent function",
+				     sym->name);
+				goto err;
+			}
+
+			sym->pfunc = pfunc;
+			pfunc->cfunc = sym;
+
+			/*
+			 * Unfortunately, -fnoreorder-functions puts the child
+			 * inside the parent.  Remove the overlap so we can
+			 * have sane assumptions.
+			 *
+			 * Note that pfunc->len now no longer matches
+			 * pfunc->sym.st_size.
+			 */
+			if (sym->sec == pfunc->sec &&
+			    sym->offset >= pfunc->offset &&
+			    sym->offset + sym->len == pfunc->offset + pfunc->len) {
+				pfunc->len -= sym->len;
 			}
 		}
 	}