diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h
index ff3f6bffcbf9595fd56b366923c890c10948f66b..53dce41f2517776917ea1b76312d0f3ee035d70d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
 #ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
 # define __ASM_FORM(x)	x
 # define __ASM_FORM_COMMA(x) x,
-# define __ASM_EX_SEC	.section __ex_table, "a"
 #else
 # define __ASM_FORM(x)	" " #x " "
 # define __ASM_FORM_COMMA(x) " " #x ","
-# define __ASM_EX_SEC	" .section __ex_table,\"a\"\n"
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32