diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ae1592c1f5d6feb3afdd20c4bd77e2d560c6f4b0..8327725e5d7668a75c0a0226a71da902afe375eb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -986,6 +986,12 @@ 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.
+ifdef CONFIG_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
+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 56b6ccc0e32d396af496541a8fc31809020d6691..ba4e966484ab571b0f541336f8c2b212cca4493a 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 fe2f17eb2b505ace1720741f7cd550d6eeb6f356..002e0cf025f59b364ac14bc922fd970dcfe93f98 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 4d76eab2b22d761618a4c36c9b906af0fa3d4bf6..e15f76ca2887cbd7fe3ecfcb0c214682d75f2484 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 47f001ca5499dd929f3e440e6d06dcb18c909bc9..e1567418a2b149583f130faa13eb15183b1e6324 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)
+ifdef CONFIG_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
+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 1515f6f153a0dc9a3ebc4220442686138a9f7859..a6b5b7ef40aea08f036e58d2684f87f378773644 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 5789c2d18d43910ed0a03f6d6f112ac04cf71858..6a87d592bd001fb1b7735b1924d12fe926087759 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)
 $(warning LSE atomics not supported by binutils)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index e9f13fe084929bd9ad322c432d9a59f1674d9ecd..5181872f94523c9e0e9259797e8176cc83b21112 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ config PPC
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS	if PPC_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
 	select ARCH_WANT_IRQS_OFF_ACTIVATE_MM
+	select ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
 	select ARCH_WEAK_RELEASE_ACQUIRE
 	select BINFMT_ELF
 	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index a4d56f0a41d95522a1f4ca3f8bac6808b2e26b8a..d9eb0da845e1c74f0be8765d69092580221321a7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ endif
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux-y := -Bstatic
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux-$(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 f6946b81f74a95da92bce9f483dcbd6ca6aa7cff..fbf26e0f7a6a9be1066c9a60348903a401b6050b 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 154259f18b8b960b9aee729fb2e1ddc1e7538634..1bf21746f4cea13fedcd1fd562d70f9121f82454 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 ee249088cbfe2ff46f2b7e2c76252b1f9001bc9f..40b8fd375d522052f5359040c862ab9ba102e69c 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)
+ifdef CONFIG_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --orphan-handling=warn
+endif
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += -T
 
 hostprogs	:= mkpiggy
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index c9446911cf41e8bb3d3a03ccc19b5f2dfe27e8ac..92c58b45abb89a3f990c90fba8ea6105d11cb569 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1348,6 +1348,11 @@ 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 y
+	depends on ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
+	depends on $(ld-option,--orphan-handling=warn)
+
 config SYSCTL
 	bool