diff --git a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/include/arch/elf.h b/tools/objtool/arch/x86/include/arch/elf.h
index 69cc4264b28a85d7f4599c479f42d046de47eb20..ac14987cf687559a6cbcf523581f829786527397 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/include/arch/elf.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/arch/x86/include/arch/elf.h
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
 #define _OBJTOOL_ARCH_ELF
 
 #define R_NONE R_X86_64_NONE
+#define R_ABS64 R_X86_64_64
+#define R_ABS32 R_X86_64_32
 
 #endif /* _OBJTOOL_ARCH_ELF */
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 752a6ffd5c4c9b45f5a05b0e2b9e1ce648aa4059..2d7153b5d5d16262c5bb40436c2064b09b3562a3 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ static int create_mcount_loc_sections(struct objtool_file *file)
 		memset(loc, 0, addrsize);
 
 		if (elf_add_reloc_to_insn(file->elf, sec, idx,
-					  R_X86_64_64,
+					  addrsize == sizeof(u64) ? R_ABS64 : R_ABS32,
 					  insn->sec, insn->offset))
 			return -1;