diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index 9a8633a6506c..449e31a2f124 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ union ftrace_op_code_union {
 	} __attribute__((packed));
 };
 
-#define RET_SIZE		(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RETPOLINE) ? 5 : 1 + IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SLS))
+#define RET_SIZE		1 + IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SLS)
 
 static unsigned long
 create_trampoline(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned int *tramp_size)
@@ -368,10 +368,7 @@ create_trampoline(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned int *tramp_size)
 
 	/* The trampoline ends with ret(q) */
 	retq = (unsigned long)ftrace_stub;
-	if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_RETHUNK))
-		memcpy(ip, text_gen_insn(JMP32_INSN_OPCODE, ip, &__x86_return_thunk), JMP32_INSN_SIZE);
-	else
-		ret = copy_from_kernel_nofault(ip, (void *)retq, RET_SIZE);
+	ret = copy_from_kernel_nofault(ip, (void *)retq, RET_SIZE);
 	if (WARN_ON(ret < 0))
 		goto fail;