diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 536ccfcc01c673c4e3196a4fe57276cf7d7d53a8..34d9e15857c3ba69681038b3ee032c0efa8126f8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ GCOV_PROFILE := n
 UBSAN_SANITIZE :=n
 
 LDFLAGS := -m elf_$(UTS_MACHINE)
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE),y)
-# If kernel is relocatable, build compressed kernel as PIE.
+# Compressed kernel should be built as PIE since it may be loaded at any
+# address by the bootloader.
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_32),y)
 LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -pie) $(call ld-option, --no-dynamic-linker)
 else
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ else
 LDFLAGS += $(shell $(LD) --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\-z noreloc-overflow" \
 	&& echo "-z noreloc-overflow -pie --no-dynamic-linker")
 endif
-endif
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -T
 
 hostprogs-y	:= mkpiggy