diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
index 898b3458b24a..b83126452c65 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
@@ -75,12 +75,6 @@
 # define __assume_aligned(a, ...)
 #endif
 
-/*
- *   gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-cold-function-attribute
- *   gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Label-Attributes.html#index-cold-label-attribute
- */
-#define __cold                          __attribute__((__cold__))
-
 /*
  * Note the long name.
  *
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_types.h b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
index 7c1afe0f4129..aab34e30128e 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
@@ -79,6 +79,33 @@ static inline void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *ptr) { }
 /* Attributes */
 #include <linux/compiler_attributes.h>
 
+#if CONFIG_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT > 0
+#define __function_aligned		__aligned(CONFIG_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT)
+#else
+#define __function_aligned
+#endif
+
+/*
+ *   gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-cold-function-attribute
+ *   gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Label-Attributes.html#index-cold-label-attribute
+ *
+ * When -falign-functions=N is in use, we must avoid the cold attribute as
+ * contemporary versions of GCC drop the alignment for cold functions. Worse,
+ * GCC can implicitly mark callees of cold functions as cold themselves, so
+ * it's not sufficient to add __function_aligned here as that will not ensure
+ * that callees are correctly aligned.
+ *
+ * See:
+ *
+ *   https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Y77%2FqVgvaJidFpYt@FVFF77S0Q05N
+ *   https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88345#c9
+ */
+#if !defined(CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC) || (CONFIG_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT == 0)
+#define __cold				__attribute__((__cold__))
+#else
+#define __cold
+#endif
+
 /* Builtins */
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 15dc2ec80c46..c8e0375705f4 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -1898,7 +1898,14 @@ bool thread_group_exited(struct pid *pid)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(thread_group_exited);
 
-__weak void abort(void)
+/*
+ * This needs to be __function_aligned as GCC implicitly makes any
+ * implementation of abort() cold and drops alignment specified by
+ * -falign-functions=N.
+ *
+ * See https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88345#c11
+ */
+__weak __function_aligned void abort(void)
 {
 	BUG();