diff -Nur a/tools/objtool/Makefile b/tools/objtool/Makefile
--- a/tools/objtool/Makefile	2019-12-17 19:36:04.000000000 +0000
+++ b/tools/objtool/Makefile	2019-12-27 23:15:17.986284113 +0000
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 	    -I$(srctree)/tools/arch/$(HOSTARCH)/include/uapi \
 	    -I$(srctree)/tools/objtool/arch/$(ARCH)/include
 WARNINGS := $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) -Wno-switch-default -Wno-switch-enum -Wno-packed
-CFLAGS   := -Werror $(WARNINGS) $(KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS) -g $(INCLUDES) $(LIBELF_FLAGS)
+CFLAGS   := $(WARNINGS) $(KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS) -g $(INCLUDES) $(LIBELF_FLAGS)
 LDFLAGS  += $(LIBELF_LIBS) $(LIBSUBCMD) $(KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS)
 
 # Allow old libelf to be used: