diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 2d8b9d8ca4f8..a587805c6687 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -219,8 +219,12 @@ ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
   # Additionally, avoid generating expensive indirect jumps which
   # are subject to retpolines for small number of switch cases.
   # clang turns off jump table generation by default when under
-  # retpoline builds, however, gcc does not for x86.
-  KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,--param=case-values-threshold=20)
+  # retpoline builds, however, gcc does not for x86. This has
+  # only been fixed starting from gcc stable version 8.4.0 and
+  # onwards, but not for older ones. See gcc bug #86952.
+  ifndef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
+    KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-jump-tables)
+  endif
 endif
 
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