diff --git a/include/linux/nospec.h b/include/linux/nospec.h
index b99bced39ac2..fbc98e2c8228 100644
--- a/include/linux/nospec.h
+++ b/include/linux/nospec.h
@@ -19,20 +19,6 @@
 static inline unsigned long array_index_mask_nospec(unsigned long index,
 						    unsigned long size)
 {
-	/*
-	 * Warn developers about inappropriate array_index_nospec() usage.
-	 *
-	 * Even if the CPU speculates past the WARN_ONCE branch, the
-	 * sign bit of @index is taken into account when generating the
-	 * mask.
-	 *
-	 * This warning is compiled out when the compiler can infer that
-	 * @index and @size are less than LONG_MAX.
-	 */
-	if (WARN_ONCE(index > LONG_MAX || size > LONG_MAX,
-			"array_index_nospec() limited to range of [0, LONG_MAX]\n"))
-		return 0;
-
 	/*
 	 * Always calculate and emit the mask even if the compiler
 	 * thinks the mask is not needed. The compiler does not take
@@ -43,6 +29,26 @@ static inline unsigned long array_index_mask_nospec(unsigned long index,
 }
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Warn developers about inappropriate array_index_nospec() usage.
+ *
+ * Even if the CPU speculates past the WARN_ONCE branch, the
+ * sign bit of @index is taken into account when generating the
+ * mask.
+ *
+ * This warning is compiled out when the compiler can infer that
+ * @index and @size are less than LONG_MAX.
+ */
+#define array_index_mask_nospec_check(index, size)				\
+({										\
+	if (WARN_ONCE(index > LONG_MAX || size > LONG_MAX,			\
+	    "array_index_nospec() limited to range of [0, LONG_MAX]\n"))	\
+		_mask = 0;							\
+	else									\
+		_mask = array_index_mask_nospec(index, size);			\
+	_mask;									\
+})
+
 /*
  * array_index_nospec - sanitize an array index after a bounds check
  *
@@ -61,7 +67,7 @@ static inline unsigned long array_index_mask_nospec(unsigned long index,
 ({									\
 	typeof(index) _i = (index);					\
 	typeof(size) _s = (size);					\
-	unsigned long _mask = array_index_mask_nospec(_i, _s);		\
+	unsigned long _mask = array_index_mask_nospec_check(_i, _s);	\
 									\
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(_i) > sizeof(long));			\
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(_s) > sizeof(long));			\