diff --git a/include/linux/instrumentation.h b/include/linux/instrumentation.h
index bc7babe91b2e..c8f866cf02d8 100644
--- a/include/linux/instrumentation.h
+++ b/include/linux/instrumentation.h
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NOINSTR_VALIDATION
 
+#include <linux/objtool.h>
 #include <linux/stringify.h>
 
 /* Begin/end of an instrumentation safe region */
 #define __instrumentation_begin(c) ({					\
 	asm volatile(__stringify(c) ": nop\n\t"				\
-		     ".pushsection .discard.instr_begin\n\t"		\
-		     ".long " __stringify(c) "b - .\n\t"		\
-		     ".popsection\n\t" : : "i" (c));			\
+		     __ASM_ANNOTATE(__ASM_BREF(c), ANNOTYPE_INSTR_BEGIN)\
+		     : : "i" (c));					\
 })
 #define instrumentation_begin() __instrumentation_begin(__COUNTER__)
 
@@ -48,9 +48,8 @@
  */
 #define __instrumentation_end(c) ({					\
 	asm volatile(__stringify(c) ": nop\n\t"				\
-		     ".pushsection .discard.instr_end\n\t"		\
-		     ".long " __stringify(c) "b - .\n\t"		\
-		     ".popsection\n\t" : : "i" (c));			\
+		     __ASM_ANNOTATE(__ASM_BREF(c), ANNOTYPE_INSTR_END)	\
+		     : : "i" (c));					\
 })
 #define instrumentation_end() __instrumentation_end(__COUNTER__)
 #else /* !CONFIG_NOINSTR_VALIDATION */
diff --git a/include/linux/objtool.h b/include/linux/objtool.h
index b5e9c0ab4048..89c67cd7eebe 100644
--- a/include/linux/objtool.h
+++ b/include/linux/objtool.h
@@ -51,13 +51,18 @@
 	".long 998b\n\t"						\
 	".popsection\n\t"
 
-#define ASM_ANNOTATE(type)						\
-	"911:\n\t"							\
+#define __ASM_BREF(label)	label ## b
+
+#define __ASM_ANNOTATE(label, type)					\
 	".pushsection .discard.annotate_insn,\"M\",@progbits,8\n\t"	\
-	".long 911b - .\n\t"						\
+	".long " __stringify(label) " - .\n\t"			\
 	".long " __stringify(type) "\n\t"				\
 	".popsection\n\t"
 
+#define ASM_ANNOTATE(type)						\
+	"911:\n\t"						\
+	__ASM_ANNOTATE(911b, type)
+
 #define ANNOTATE_NOENDBR	ASM_ANNOTATE(ANNOTYPE_NOENDBR)
 
 #else /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
@@ -161,6 +166,7 @@
 #define UNWIND_HINT(type, sp_reg, sp_offset, signal) "\n\t"
 #define STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD(func)
 #define STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD_FP(func)
+#define __ASM_ANNOTATE(label, type)
 #define ASM_ANNOTATE(type)
 #define ANNOTATE_NOENDBR
 #define ASM_REACHABLE
diff --git a/include/linux/objtool_types.h b/include/linux/objtool_types.h
index 1b348361ad1d..d4d68dd36f7a 100644
--- a/include/linux/objtool_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/objtool_types.h
@@ -59,5 +59,7 @@ struct unwind_hint {
  */
 #define ANNOTYPE_NOENDBR		1
 #define ANNOTYPE_RETPOLINE_SAFE		2
+#define ANNOTYPE_INSTR_BEGIN		3
+#define ANNOTYPE_INSTR_END		4
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_OBJTOOL_TYPES_H */
diff --git a/tools/include/linux/objtool_types.h b/tools/include/linux/objtool_types.h
index 1b348361ad1d..d4d68dd36f7a 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/objtool_types.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/objtool_types.h
@@ -59,5 +59,7 @@ struct unwind_hint {
  */
 #define ANNOTYPE_NOENDBR		1
 #define ANNOTYPE_RETPOLINE_SAFE		2
+#define ANNOTYPE_INSTR_BEGIN		3
+#define ANNOTYPE_INSTR_END		4
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_OBJTOOL_TYPES_H */
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index c5b52309b80d..8e39c7f484d8 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -2440,48 +2440,19 @@ static int __annotate_retpoline_safe(int type, struct instruction *insn)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int read_instr_hints(struct objtool_file *file)
+static int __annotate_instr(int type, struct instruction *insn)
 {
-	struct section *rsec;
-	struct instruction *insn;
-	struct reloc *reloc;
-
-	rsec = find_section_by_name(file->elf, ".rela.discard.instr_end");
-	if (!rsec)
-		return 0;
-
-	for_each_reloc(rsec, reloc) {
-		if (reloc->sym->type != STT_SECTION) {
-			WARN("unexpected relocation symbol type in %s", rsec->name);
-			return -1;
-		}
-
-		insn = find_insn(file, reloc->sym->sec, reloc_addend(reloc));
-		if (!insn) {
-			WARN("bad .discard.instr_end entry");
-			return -1;
-		}
-
-		insn->instr--;
-	}
-
-	rsec = find_section_by_name(file->elf, ".rela.discard.instr_begin");
-	if (!rsec)
-		return 0;
-
-	for_each_reloc(rsec, reloc) {
-		if (reloc->sym->type != STT_SECTION) {
-			WARN("unexpected relocation symbol type in %s", rsec->name);
-			return -1;
-		}
-
-		insn = find_insn(file, reloc->sym->sec, reloc_addend(reloc));
-		if (!insn) {
-			WARN("bad .discard.instr_begin entry");
-			return -1;
-		}
-
+	switch (type) {
+	case ANNOTYPE_INSTR_BEGIN:
 		insn->instr++;
+		break;
+
+	case ANNOTYPE_INSTR_END:
+		insn->instr--;
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		break;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -2730,7 +2701,7 @@ static int decode_sections(struct objtool_file *file)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = read_instr_hints(file);
+	ret = read_annotate(file, __annotate_instr);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;