ifdef CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION
 
+objtool := $(objtree)/tools/objtool/objtool
+
 objtool_args =                                                         \
        $(if $(CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC),orc generate,check)                 \
        $(if $(part-of-module), --module)                               \
 
 ifndef CONFIG_LTO_CLANG
 
-__objtool_obj := $(objtree)/tools/objtool/objtool
-
 # 'OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD := y': skip objtool checking for a directory
 # 'OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD_foo.o := 'y': skip objtool checking for a file
 # 'OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD_foo.o := 'n': override directory skip for a file
 cmd_objtool = $(if $(patsubst y%,, \
        $(OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD_$(basetarget).o)$(OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD)n), \
-       $(__objtool_obj) $(objtool_args) $@)
+       $(objtool) $(objtool_args) $@)
 objtool_obj = $(if $(patsubst y%,, \
        $(OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD_$(basetarget).o)$(OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD)n), \
-       $(__objtool_obj))
+       $(objtool))
 
 endif # CONFIG_LTO_CLANG
 endif # CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION
 ifdef CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION
 # objtool was skipped for LLVM bitcode, run it now that we have compiled
 # modules into native code
-cmd_cc_lto_link_modules += ;                                           \
-       $(objtree)/tools/objtool/objtool $(objtool_args) --module $@
+cmd_cc_lto_link_modules += ; $(objtool) $(objtool_args) --module $@
 endif
 
 $(obj)/%.lto.o: $(obj)/%.o FORCE