diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c2344755a1bb..960f296e4a4d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1083,6 +1083,16 @@ endif
 export CC_FLAGS_SCS
 endif
 
+ifdef CONFIG_RUST_INLINE_HELPERS
+# `rustc` normally emits traps for unreachable paths during code generation.
+# With inline helpers, Clang performs code generation from the linked bitcode
+# instead, so request the same behavior explicitly. Otherwise `objtool` may
+# follow an impossible Rust path into the next function.
+CC_FLAGS_RUST_INLINE_HELPERS := -mllvm -trap-unreachable \
+				-mllvm -no-trap-after-noreturn
+export CC_FLAGS_RUST_INLINE_HELPERS
+endif
+
 ifdef CONFIG_LTO_CLANG
 ifdef CONFIG_LTO_CLANG_FULL
 CC_FLAGS_LTO	:= -flto
diff --git a/rust/Makefile b/rust/Makefile
index fbe0accc51a3..f871d94f6af2 100644
--- a/rust/Makefile
+++ b/rust/Makefile
@@ -644,7 +644,8 @@ quiet_cmd_rustc_library = $(if $(skip_clippy),RUSTC,$(RUSTC_OR_CLIPPY_QUIET)) L
 		-Zunstable-options \
 	$(if $(link_helper),;$(LLVM_LINK) --internalize --suppress-warnings $(patsubst %.o,%.bc,$@) \
 		$(obj)/helpers/helpers$(if $(part-of-module),_module).bc -o $(patsubst %.o,%.m.bc,$@); \
-		$(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -Wno-override-module -c $(patsubst %.o,%.m.bc,$@) -o $@ \
+		$(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) \
+		$(CC_FLAGS_RUST_INLINE_HELPERS) -Wno-override-module -c $(patsubst %.o,%.m.bc,$@) -o $@ \
 		$(cmd_ld_single)) \
 	$(if $(rustc_objcopy),;$(OBJCOPY) $(rustc_objcopy) $@) \
 	$(cmd_objtool)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index a48209591dee..0ac326e43fea 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -347,7 +347,8 @@ quiet_cmd_rustc_o_rs = $(RUSTC_OR_CLIPPY_QUIET) $(quiet_modtag) $@
       cmd_rustc_o_rs = $(rust_common_cmd) --emit=$(if $(CONFIG_RUST_INLINE_HELPERS),llvm-bc=$(patsubst %.o,%.bc,$@),obj=$@) $< \
 	$(if $(CONFIG_RUST_INLINE_HELPERS),;$(LLVM_LINK) --internalize --suppress-warnings $(patsubst %.o,%.bc,$@) \
 		$(objtree)/rust/helpers/helpers$(if $(part-of-module),_module).bc -o $(patsubst %.o,%.m.bc,$@); \
-		$(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -Wno-override-module -c $(patsubst %.o,%.m.bc,$@) -o $@ \
+		$(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) \
+		$(CC_FLAGS_RUST_INLINE_HELPERS) -Wno-override-module -c $(patsubst %.o,%.m.bc,$@) -o $@ \
 		$(cmd_ld_single)) \
 	$(cmd_objtool)