diff --git a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
index 8c3eed5b67e4..6acfebd2c6ca 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ const struct option check_options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "module", &opts.module, "object is part of a kernel module"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "no-fp", &opts.no_fp, "skip frame pointer validation"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "no-unreachable", &opts.no_unreachable, "skip 'unreachable instruction' warnings"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "sec-address", &opts.sec_address, "print section addresses in warnings"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "stats", &opts.stats, "print statistics"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "vmlinux", &opts.vmlinux, "vmlinux.o validation"),
 
diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h
index 44548e24473c..e0972fbfa09e 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/builtin.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct opts {
 	bool module;
 	bool no_fp;
 	bool no_unreachable;
+	bool sec_address;
 	bool stats;
 	bool vmlinux;
 };
diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h
index c4bde3e2a79c..a3e79ae75f2e 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h
@@ -11,30 +11,33 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <objtool/builtin.h>
 #include <objtool/elf.h>
 
 extern const char *objname;
 
 static inline char *offstr(struct section *sec, unsigned long offset)
 {
-	struct symbol *func;
-	char *name, *str;
-	unsigned long name_off;
+	bool is_text = (sec->sh.sh_flags & SHF_EXECINSTR);
+	struct symbol *sym = NULL;
+	char *str;
+	int len;
 
-	func = find_func_containing(sec, offset);
-	if (!func)
-		func = find_symbol_containing(sec, offset);
-	if (func) {
-		name = func->name;
-		name_off = offset - func->offset;
+	if (is_text)
+		sym = find_func_containing(sec, offset);
+	if (!sym)
+		sym = find_symbol_containing(sec, offset);
+
+	if (sym) {
+		str = malloc(strlen(sym->name) + strlen(sec->name) + 40);
+		len = sprintf(str, "%s+0x%lx", sym->name, offset - sym->offset);
+		if (opts.sec_address)
+			sprintf(str+len, " (%s+0x%lx)", sec->name, offset);
 	} else {
-		name = sec->name;
-		name_off = offset;
+		str = malloc(strlen(sec->name) + 20);
+		sprintf(str, "%s+0x%lx", sec->name, offset);
 	}
 
-	str = malloc(strlen(name) + 20);
-	sprintf(str, "%s+0x%lx", name, name_off);
-
 	return str;
 }