diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/head.S b/arch/sh/kernel/head.S
index 71a3ad7d283e2156cbbae33a2338738e2005b090..0bccc0ca5a0f73ff624ed862bc55fbf1764bf80d 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/head.S
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ ENTRY(empty_zero_page)
 1:
 	.skip	PAGE_SIZE - empty_zero_page - 1b
 
-	.text	
+	.section	.text.head, "ax"
+
 /*
  * Condition at the entry of _stext:
  *
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 5ba216180b304132f51ccf94a02c02bf5387dbd2..9cb95af7b09013dd25fdfb0da3b1cf6e031bc84a 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	*(.empty_zero_page)
 	} = 0
   .text : {
+  	*(.text.head)
 	TEXT_TEXT
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT