diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/macros.S b/arch/x86/kernel/macros.S
index cfc1c7d1a6ebe508bc623a1877e0136de6a0b4b6..cee28c3246dc052e6ef44976356387837c085c9a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/macros.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/macros.S
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@
  * commonly used. The macros are precompiled into assmebly file which is later
  * assembled together with each compiled file.
  */
+
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 681d866efb1eb858c377cae5a35806e2931a97d8..1921545c6351d03bfa356775c03ccfc371bda3dd 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -99,22 +99,13 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_likely_data *f, int val,
  * unique, to convince GCC not to merge duplicate inline asm statements.
  */
 #define annotate_reachable() ({						\
-	asm volatile("%c0:\n\t"						\
-		     ".pushsection .discard.reachable\n\t"		\
-		     ".long %c0b - .\n\t"				\
-		     ".popsection\n\t" : : "i" (__COUNTER__));		\
+	asm volatile("ANNOTATE_REACHABLE counter=%c0"			\
+		     : : "i" (__COUNTER__));				\
 })
 #define annotate_unreachable() ({					\
-	asm volatile("%c0:\n\t"						\
-		     ".pushsection .discard.unreachable\n\t"		\
-		     ".long %c0b - .\n\t"				\
-		     ".popsection\n\t" : : "i" (__COUNTER__));		\
+	asm volatile("ANNOTATE_UNREACHABLE counter=%c0"			\
+		     : : "i" (__COUNTER__));				\
 })
-#define ASM_UNREACHABLE							\
-	"999:\n\t"							\
-	".pushsection .discard.unreachable\n\t"				\
-	".long 999b - .\n\t"						\
-	".popsection\n\t"
 #else
 #define annotate_reachable()
 #define annotate_unreachable()
@@ -299,6 +290,45 @@ static inline void *offset_to_ptr(const int *off)
 	return (void *)((unsigned long)off + *off);
 }
 
+#else /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+#ifndef LINKER_SCRIPT
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION
+.macro ANNOTATE_UNREACHABLE counter:req
+\counter:
+	.pushsection .discard.unreachable
+	.long \counter\()b -.
+	.popsection
+.endm
+
+.macro ANNOTATE_REACHABLE counter:req
+\counter:
+	.pushsection .discard.reachable
+	.long \counter\()b -.
+	.popsection
+.endm
+
+.macro ASM_UNREACHABLE
+999:
+	.pushsection .discard.unreachable
+	.long 999b - .
+	.popsection
+.endm
+#else /* CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION */
+.macro ANNOTATE_UNREACHABLE counter:req
+.endm
+
+.macro ANNOTATE_REACHABLE counter:req
+.endm
+
+.macro ASM_UNREACHABLE
+.endm
+#endif /* CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION */
+
+#endif /* LINKER_SCRIPT */
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #ifndef __optimize