diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 008aba5f1a20..c443afd61886 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -984,6 +984,12 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_RELR),y)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= --pack-dyn-relocs=relr
 endif
 
+# We never want expected sections to be placed heuristically by the
+# linker. All sections should be explicitly named in the linker script.
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_LD_ORPHAN_WARN),y)
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --orphan-handling=warn
+endif
+
 # Align the bit size of userspace programs with the kernel
 KBUILD_USERCFLAGS  += $(filter -m32 -m64 --target=%, $(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
 KBUILD_USERLDFLAGS += $(filter -m32 -m64 --target=%, $(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 56b6ccc0e32d..ba4e966484ab 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -1028,6 +1028,15 @@ config HAVE_STATIC_CALL_INLINE
 	bool
 	depends on HAVE_STATIC_CALL
 
+config ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
+	bool
+	help
+	  An arch should select this symbol once all linker sections are explicitly
+	  included, size-asserted, or discarded in the linker scripts. This is
+	  important because we never want expected sections to be placed heuristically
+	  by the linker, since the locations of such sections can change between linker
+	  versions.
+
 source "kernel/gcov/Kconfig"
 
 source "scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index fe2f17eb2b50..002e0cf025f5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ config ARM
 	select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF
 	select ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_TOPDOWN_MMAP_LAYOUT if MMU
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
+	select ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
 	select BINFMT_FLAT_ARGVP_ENVP_ON_STACK
 	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT if MMU
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile
index 4d76eab2b22d..e15f76ca2887 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= --be8
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE	+= --be8
 endif
 
-# We never want expected sections to be placed heuristically by the
-# linker. All sections should be explicitly named in the linker script.
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(call ld-option, --orphan-handling=warn)
-
 GZFLAGS		:=-9
 #KBUILD_CFLAGS	+=-pipe
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 47f001ca5499..c6f9f3b61c5f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --no-undefined
 # Delete all temporary local symbols
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += -X
 # Report orphan sections
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(call ld-option, --orphan-handling=warn)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_LD_ORPHAN_WARN),y)
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --orphan-handling=warn
+endif
 # Next argument is a linker script
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += -T
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 1515f6f153a0..a6b5b7ef40ae 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ config ARM64
 	select ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_TOPDOWN_MMAP_LAYOUT
 	select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
 	select ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE if ARM64_4K_PAGES || (ARM64_16K_PAGES && !ARM64_VA_BITS_36)
+	select ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
 	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
 	select ARM_AMBA
 	select ARM_ARCH_TIMER
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index 5789c2d18d43..6a87d592bd00 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= --fix-cortex-a53-843419
   endif
 endif
 
-# We never want expected sections to be placed heuristically by the
-# linker. All sections should be explicitly named in the linker script.
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(call ld-option, --orphan-handling=warn)
-
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_USE_LSE_ATOMICS), y)
   ifneq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_LSE_ATOMICS), y)
 $(warning LSE atomics not supported by binutils)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index e9f13fe08492..5181872f9452 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ config PPC
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS	if PPC_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
 	select ARCH_WANT_IRQS_OFF_ACTIVATE_MM
+	select ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
 	select ARCH_WEAK_RELEASE_ACQUIRE
 	select BINFMT_ELF
 	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index a4d56f0a41d9..d9eb0da845e1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ endif
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux-y := -Bstatic
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux-$(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE) := -pie
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux	:= $(LDFLAGS_vmlinux-y)
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(call ld-option,--orphan-handling=warn)
 
 ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 ifeq ($(call cc-option-yn,-mcmodel=medium),y)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index f6946b81f74a..fbf26e0f7a6a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ config X86
 	select ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_BPF_JIT	if X86_64
 	select ARCH_WANTS_DYNAMIC_TASK_STRUCT
 	select ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE
+	select ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
 	select ARCH_WANTS_THP_SWAP		if X86_64
 	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
 	select CLKEVT_I8253
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 154259f18b8b..1bf21746f4ce 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -209,9 +209,6 @@ ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += -z max-page-size=0x200000
 endif
 
-# We never want expected sections to be placed heuristically by the
-# linker. All sections should be explicitly named in the linker script.
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(call ld-option, --orphan-handling=warn)
 
 archscripts: scripts_basic
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/x86/tools relocs
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index ee249088cbfe..fa1c9f83436c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option,--no-ld-generated-unwind-info)
 # Compressed kernel should be built as PIE since it may be loaded at any
 # address by the bootloader.
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -pie $(call ld-option, --no-dynamic-linker)
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(call ld-option, --orphan-handling=warn)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_LD_ORPHAN_WARN),y)
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --orphan-handling=warn
+endif
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += -T
 
 hostprogs	:= mkpiggy
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index c9446911cf41..a270716562de 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1348,6 +1348,9 @@ config LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
 	  present. This option is not well tested yet, so use at your
 	  own risk.
 
+config LD_ORPHAN_WARN
+	def_bool ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN && $(ld-option,--orphan-handling=warn)
+
 config SYSCTL
 	bool
 
