diff --git a/arch/x86/power/Makefile b/arch/x86/power/Makefile
index 9ff4d5b55ad1..58b32db33125 100644
--- a/arch/x86/power/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/power/Makefile
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
+# __restore_processor_state() restores %gs after S3 resume and so should not
+# itself be stack-protected
+nostackp := $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector)
+CFLAGS_cpu_$(BITS).o	:= $(nostackp)
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_PM_SLEEP)		+= cpu_$(BITS).o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HIBERNATION)	+= hibernate_$(BITS).o hibernate_asm_$(BITS).o