diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 723bffd979e9..45bb65d01a21 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ PHONY += vdso_install
 vdso_install:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/x86/entry/vdso $@
 
+archprepare: checkbin
+checkbin:
 ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
 ifeq ($(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS),)
 	@echo "You are building kernel with non-retpoline compiler." >&2