diff --git a/fs/btrfs/messages.c b/fs/btrfs/messages.c
index fde5aaa6e7c9..310a05cf95ef 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/messages.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/messages.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ void __cold _btrfs_printk(const struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *fmt,
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BTRFS_ASSERT
-void __cold btrfs_assertfail(const char *expr, const char *file, int line)
+void __cold __noreturn btrfs_assertfail(const char *expr, const char *file, int line)
 {
 	pr_err("assertion failed: %s, in %s:%d\n", expr, file, line);
 	BUG();
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/messages.h b/fs/btrfs/messages.h
index 8c516ee58ff9..ac2d1982ba3d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/messages.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/messages.h
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ do {								\
 } while (0)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BTRFS_ASSERT
-void __cold btrfs_assertfail(const char *expr, const char *file, int line);
+void __cold __noreturn btrfs_assertfail(const char *expr, const char *file, int line);
 
 #define ASSERT(expr)						\
 	(likely(expr) ? (void)0 : btrfs_assertfail(#expr, __FILE__, __LINE__))
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index ae0c94285124..ceb98489d718 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ static bool __dead_end_function(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func,
 		"__ubsan_handle_builtin_unreachable",
 		"arch_call_rest_init",
 		"arch_cpu_idle_dead",
+		"btrfs_assertfail",
 		"cpu_bringup_and_idle",
 		"cpu_startup_entry",
 		"do_exit",