diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8e35d7804fef4..b9ee63d6660c6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -688,17 +688,6 @@ ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
   CC_FLAGS_FTRACE := -pg
 endif
 
-ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC
-RETPOLINE_CFLAGS	:= $(call cc-option,-mindirect-branch=thunk-extern -mindirect-branch-register)
-RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS	:= $(call cc-option,-mindirect-branch=thunk-inline -mindirect-branch-register)
-endif
-ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
-RETPOLINE_CFLAGS	:= -mretpoline-external-thunk
-RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS	:= -mretpoline
-endif
-export RETPOLINE_CFLAGS
-export RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS
-
 include $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile
 
 ifdef need-config
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 42243869216d0..2f40de5d82a2c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ else
         KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := $(ARCH)_defconfig
 endif
 
+ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC
+RETPOLINE_CFLAGS	:= $(call cc-option,-mindirect-branch=thunk-extern -mindirect-branch-register)
+RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS	:= $(call cc-option,-mindirect-branch=thunk-inline -mindirect-branch-register)
+endif
+ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
+RETPOLINE_CFLAGS	:= -mretpoline-external-thunk
+RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS	:= -mretpoline
+endif
+export RETPOLINE_CFLAGS
+export RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS
+
 # For gcc stack alignment is specified with -mpreferred-stack-boundary,
 # clang has the option -mstack-alignment for that purpose.
 ifneq ($(call cc-option, -mpreferred-stack-boundary=4),)