diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/pvh/head.S b/arch/x86/platform/pvh/head.S
index afbf0bb25..b0490701d 100755
--- a/arch/x86/platform/pvh/head.S
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/pvh/head.S
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <asm/boot.h>
 #include <asm/processor-flags.h>
 #include <asm/msr.h>
+#include <asm/nospec-branch.h>
 #include <xen/interface/elfnote.h>
 
 	__HEAD
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL(pvh_start_xen)
 	/* startup_64 expects boot_params in %rsi. */
 	mov $_pa(pvh_bootparams), %rsi
 	mov $_pa(startup_64), %rax
+	ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE
 	jmp *%rax
 
 #else /* CONFIG_X86_64 */