diff --git a/include/linux/instruction_pointer.h b/include/linux/instruction_pointer.h
index aa0b3ffea935..ea5bc756bd99 100644
--- a/include/linux/instruction_pointer.h
+++ b/include/linux/instruction_pointer.h
@@ -8,6 +8,30 @@
 
 #ifndef _THIS_IP_
 #define _THIS_IP_  ({ __label__ __here; __here: (unsigned long)&&__here; })
+/*
+ * The current generic definition of _THIS_IP_ is considered broken by GCC [1]
+ * and Clang [2]. In particular, the address of a label is only expected to be
+ * used with a computed goto.
+ *
+ *   [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120071
+ *   [2] https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/138272
+ *
+ * Mark it as broken, so that appropriate fallback options can be implemented
+ * for architectures that do not define their own _THIS_IP_.
+ */
+#define HAS_BROKEN_THIS_IP
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * _CODE_LOCATION_ provides a unique identifier for the current code location.
+ * When _THIS_IP_ is broken (generic version), we fall back to a static marker
+ * which guarantees uniqueness and resolves to a constant address at link time,
+ * avoiding runtime overhead and compiler optimizations breaking it.
+ */
+#ifdef HAS_BROKEN_THIS_IP
+#define _CODE_LOCATION_ ({ static const char __here; (unsigned long)&__here; })
+#else
+#define _CODE_LOCATION_ _THIS_IP_
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_INSTRUCTION_POINTER_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 795455256329..90a0b9e9a766 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ int kmem_cache_shrink(struct kmem_cache *s);
 typedef struct { unsigned long v; } kmalloc_token_t;
 #ifdef CONFIG_KMALLOC_PARTITION_RANDOM
 extern unsigned long random_kmalloc_seed;
-#define __kmalloc_token(...) ((kmalloc_token_t){ .v = _RET_IP_ })
+#define __kmalloc_token(...) ((kmalloc_token_t){ .v = _CODE_LOCATION_ })
 #elif defined(CONFIG_KMALLOC_PARTITION_TYPED)
 #define __kmalloc_token(...) ((kmalloc_token_t){ .v = __builtin_infer_alloc_token(__VA_ARGS__) })
 #endif