diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 7d25089c5a7b..753d57266757 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ targets := vmlinux vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz vmlinux.bin.bz2 vmlinux.bin.lzma \
 	vmlinux.bin.xz vmlinux.bin.lzo vmlinux.bin.lz4 vmlinux.bin.zst
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS := -m$(BITS) -O2
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing $(call cc-option, -fPIE, -fPIC)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
 cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_32) := -march=i386
 cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_64) := -mcmodel=small
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ UBSAN_SANITIZE :=n
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS := -m elf_$(UTS_MACHINE)
 # Compressed kernel should be built as PIE since it may be loaded at any
 # address by the bootloader.
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux := $(call ld-option, -pie) $(call ld-option, --no-dynamic-linker)
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -pie $(call ld-option, --no-dynamic-linker)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += -T
 
 hostprogs	:= mkpiggy
@@ -87,30 +87,8 @@ vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_ACPI) += $(obj)/acpi.o
 vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_EFI_MIXED) += $(obj)/efi_thunk_$(BITS).o
 efi-obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_STUB) = $(objtree)/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a
 
-# The compressed kernel is built with -fPIC/-fPIE so that a boot loader
-# can place it anywhere in memory and it will still run. However, since
-# it is executed as-is without any ELF relocation processing performed
-# (and has already had all relocation sections stripped from the binary),
-# none of the code can use data relocations (e.g. static assignments of
-# pointer values), since they will be meaningless at runtime. This check
-# will refuse to link the vmlinux if any of these relocations are found.
-quiet_cmd_check_data_rel = DATAREL $@
-define cmd_check_data_rel
-	for obj in $(filter %.o,$^); do \
-		$(READELF) -S $$obj | grep -qF .rel.local && { \
-			echo "error: $$obj has data relocations!" >&2; \
-			exit 1; \
-		} || true; \
-	done
-endef
-
-# We need to run two commands under "if_changed", so merge them into a
-# single invocation.
-quiet_cmd_check-and-link-vmlinux = LD      $@
-      cmd_check-and-link-vmlinux = $(cmd_check_data_rel); $(cmd_ld)
-
 $(obj)/vmlinux: $(vmlinux-objs-y) $(efi-obj-y) FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,check-and-link-vmlinux)
+	$(call if_changed,ld)
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS_vmlinux.bin :=  -R .comment -S
 $(obj)/vmlinux.bin: vmlinux FORCE
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
index a4a4a59a2628..29df99b6cc64 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.rodata.*)
 		_erodata = . ;
 	}
+	.rel.dyn : {
+		*(.rel.*)
+	}
+	.rela.dyn : {
+		*(.rela.*)
+	}
 	.got : {
 		*(.got)
 	}
@@ -85,3 +91,5 @@ ASSERT(SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0 || SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0x18, "Unexpected GOT/PLT en
 #else
 ASSERT(SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0 || SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0xc, "Unexpected GOT/PLT entries detected!")
 #endif
+
+ASSERT(SIZEOF(.rel.dyn) == 0 && SIZEOF(.rela.dyn) == 0, "Unexpected run-time relocations detected!")