diff -rup annobin.orig/gcc-plugin/annobin.cc annobin-9.72/gcc-plugin/annobin.cc

--- annobin.orig/gcc-plugin/annobin.cc	2021-05-17 17:25:32.693441649 +0100

+++ annobin-9.72/gcc-plugin/annobin.cc	2021-05-17 17:25:50.176331776 +0100

@@ -1722,7 +1722,7 @@ annobin_emit_start_sym_and_version_note

 	 Ensure that we do not have empty special text sections so that the

 	 annobin start symbols are never beyond the end of the sections.  */

       if (* suffix && enable_ppc64_nops)

-	annobin_emit_asm (".nop", "Inserted by the annobin plugin.  Disable with -fplugin-arg-annobin-no-ppc64-nops");

+	annobin_emit_asm ("nop", "Inserted by the annobin plugin.  Disable with -fplugin-arg-annobin-no-ppc64-nops");

     }

   else

     fprintf (asm_out_file, "\t.equiv %s%s, .\n", annobin_output_filesym, suffix);