diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
index e04313e89f4f5925ef3962f5433c05a83a37a425..3ef70e54a858a5baf88b1711abefa833a53f882b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
 .macro FILL_RETURN_BUFFER reg:req nr:req ftr:req ftr2=ALT_NOT(X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS)
 	ALTERNATIVE_2 "jmp .Lskip_rsb_\@", \
 		__stringify(__FILL_RETURN_BUFFER(\reg,\nr)), \ftr, \
-		__stringify(__FILL_ONE_RETURN), \ftr2
+		__stringify(nop;nop;__FILL_ONE_RETURN), \ftr2
 
 .Lskip_rsb_\@:
 .endm