diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 2f80aa511243..fea222192c57 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ static bool gcov_enabled(struct objtool_file *file)
 static bool ignore_func(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func)
 {
 	struct rela *rela;
+	struct instruction *insn;
 
 	/* check for STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD */
 	if (file->whitelist && file->whitelist->rela)
@@ -112,6 +113,11 @@ static bool ignore_func(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func)
 				return true;
 		}
 
+	/* check if it has a context switching instruction */
+	func_for_each_insn(file, func, insn)
+		if (insn->type == INSN_CONTEXT_SWITCH)
+			return true;
+
 	return false;
 }
 
@@ -1446,14 +1452,6 @@ static int validate_branch(struct objtool_file *file, struct instruction *first,
 
 			return 0;
 
-		case INSN_CONTEXT_SWITCH:
-			if (func) {
-				WARN_FUNC("unsupported instruction in callable function",
-					  sec, insn->offset);
-				return 1;
-			}
-			return 0;
-
 		case INSN_STACK:
 			if (update_insn_state(insn, &state))
 				return -1;