diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 594723005d95..53daf4654f6c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ archprepare: $(cpufeaturemasks.hdr)
 ###
 # Kernel objects
 
+core-y  += arch/x86/boot/startup/
 libs-y  += arch/x86/lib/
 
 # drivers-y are linked after core-y
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index fdbce022db55..37b85ce9b2a3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT) += $(obj)/mem_encrypt.o
 	vmlinux-objs-y += $(obj)/pgtable_64.o
 	vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT) += $(obj)/sev.o
-	vmlinux-objs-y += $(obj)/la57toggle.o
 endif
 
 vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_ACPI) += $(obj)/acpi.o
@@ -106,6 +105,7 @@ vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_UNACCEPTED_MEMORY) += $(obj)/mem.o
 
 vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_EFI) += $(obj)/efi.o
 vmlinux-libs-$(CONFIG_EFI_STUB) += $(objtree)/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a
+vmlinux-libs-$(CONFIG_X86_64)	+= $(objtree)/arch/x86/boot/startup/lib.a
 
 $(obj)/vmlinux: $(vmlinux-objs-y) $(vmlinux-libs-y) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ld)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/startup/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/startup/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..03519ef4869d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/startup/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+lib-$(CONFIG_X86_64)		+= la57toggle.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/la57toggle.S b/arch/x86/boot/startup/la57toggle.S
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/x86/boot/compressed/la57toggle.S
rename to arch/x86/boot/startup/la57toggle.S