diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index e8214bff1aebd2..a1883a30a5d802 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -24,11 +24,15 @@ RETPOLINE_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-mindirect-branch-cs-prefix)
 
 ifdef CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETHUNK
 RETHUNK_CFLAGS		:= -mfunction-return=thunk-extern
+RETHUNK_RUSTFLAGS	:= -Zfunction-return=thunk-extern
 RETPOLINE_CFLAGS	+= $(RETHUNK_CFLAGS)
+RETPOLINE_RUSTFLAGS	+= $(RETHUNK_RUSTFLAGS)
 endif
 
 export RETHUNK_CFLAGS
+export RETHUNK_RUSTFLAGS
 export RETPOLINE_CFLAGS
+export RETPOLINE_RUSTFLAGS
 export RETPOLINE_VDSO_CFLAGS
 
 # For gcc stack alignment is specified with -mpreferred-stack-boundary,
@@ -218,6 +222,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
 # Avoid indirect branches in kernel to deal with Spectre
 ifdef CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE
   KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS)
+  KBUILD_RUSTFLAGS += $(RETPOLINE_RUSTFLAGS)
   # Additionally, avoid generating expensive indirect jumps which
   # are subject to retpolines for small number of switch cases.
   # LLVM turns off jump table generation by default when under