diff --git a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/include/asm/inat.h b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/inat.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/objtool/arch/x86/include/asm/inat.h
rename to tools/arch/x86/include/asm/inat.h
diff --git a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/include/asm/inat_types.h b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/inat_types.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/objtool/arch/x86/include/asm/inat_types.h
rename to tools/arch/x86/include/asm/inat_types.h
diff --git a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/objtool/arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h
rename to tools/arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h
diff --git a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/include/asm/orc_types.h b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/orc_types.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/objtool/arch/x86/include/asm/orc_types.h
rename to tools/arch/x86/include/asm/orc_types.h
diff --git a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/lib/inat.c b/tools/arch/x86/lib/inat.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/objtool/arch/x86/lib/inat.c
rename to tools/arch/x86/lib/inat.c
diff --git a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/lib/insn.c b/tools/arch/x86/lib/insn.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/objtool/arch/x86/lib/insn.c
rename to tools/arch/x86/lib/insn.c
diff --git a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt b/tools/arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/objtool/arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt
rename to tools/arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt
diff --git a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk b/tools/arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/objtool/arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
rename to tools/arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
diff --git a/tools/objtool/Makefile b/tools/objtool/Makefile
index 88158239622b..8c9b9adc67ef 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/objtool/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ all: $(OBJTOOL)
 
 INCLUDES := -I$(srctree)/tools/include \
 	    -I$(srctree)/tools/arch/$(HOSTARCH)/include/uapi \
-	    -I$(srctree)/tools/objtool/arch/$(ARCH)/include
+	    -I$(srctree)/tools/arch/$(ARCH)/include
 WARNINGS := $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) -Wno-switch-default -Wno-switch-enum -Wno-packed
 CFLAGS   += -Werror $(WARNINGS) $(KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS) -g $(INCLUDES) $(LIBELF_FLAGS)
 LDFLAGS  += $(LIBELF_LIBS) $(LIBSUBCMD) $(KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS)
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ $(LIBSUBCMD): fixdep FORCE
 clean:
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, objtool) $(RM) $(OBJTOOL)
 	$(Q)find $(OUTPUT) -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
-	$(Q)$(RM) $(OUTPUT)arch/x86/lib/inat-tables.c $(OUTPUT)fixdep
+	$(Q)$(RM) $(OUTPUT)arch/x86/inat-tables.c $(OUTPUT)fixdep
 
 FORCE:
 
diff --git a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/Build b/tools/objtool/arch/x86/Build
index b998412c017d..7c5004008e97 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/Build
+++ b/tools/objtool/arch/x86/Build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 objtool-y += decode.o
 
-inat_tables_script = arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
-inat_tables_maps = arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt
+inat_tables_script = ../arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
+inat_tables_maps = ../arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt
 
 $(OUTPUT)arch/x86/lib/inat-tables.c: $(inat_tables_script) $(inat_tables_maps)
 	$(call rule_mkdir)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/decode.c b/tools/objtool/arch/x86/decode.c
index 0567c47a91b1..a62e032863a8 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/decode.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/arch/x86/decode.c
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 #define unlikely(cond) (cond)
 #include <asm/insn.h>
-#include "lib/inat.c"
-#include "lib/insn.c"
+#include "../../../arch/x86/lib/inat.c"
+#include "../../../arch/x86/lib/insn.c"
 
 #include "../../elf.h"
 #include "../../arch.h"
diff --git a/tools/objtool/sync-check.sh b/tools/objtool/sync-check.sh
index 1470e74e9d66..66f1575b80f3 100755
--- a/tools/objtool/sync-check.sh
+++ b/tools/objtool/sync-check.sh
@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 FILES='
-arch/x86/lib/insn.c
-arch/x86/lib/inat.c
-arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt
-arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
-arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h
 arch/x86/include/asm/inat.h
 arch/x86/include/asm/inat_types.h
+arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h
 arch/x86/include/asm/orc_types.h
+arch/x86/lib/inat.c
+arch/x86/lib/insn.c
+arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt
+arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
 '
 
 check()
 {
 	local file=$1
 
-	diff $file ../../$file > /dev/null ||
+	diff ../$file ../../$file > /dev/null ||
 		echo "Warning: synced file at 'tools/objtool/$file' differs from latest kernel version at '$file'"
 }