diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S b/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
index afbdda539b80..c013241d9188 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
 SYM_INNER_LABEL(__x86_indirect_thunk_\reg, SYM_L_GLOBAL)
 	UNWIND_HINT_EMPTY
 
-	ALTERNATIVE_2 __stringify(ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE; jmp *%\reg), \
-		      __stringify(RETPOLINE \reg), X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE, \
-		      __stringify(lfence; ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE; jmp *%\reg; int3), X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE_LFENCE
+	ALTERNATIVE_2 __stringify(RETPOLINE \reg), \
+		      __stringify(lfence; ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE; jmp *%\reg; int3), X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE_LFENCE, \
+		      __stringify(ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE; jmp *%\reg), ALT_NOT(X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE)
 
 .endm