diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index ef31fc24344e983c67b6f2b9c185a9275d456ed1..552544616b9d93ab6838a998ffb0b6ad9a7f1574 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ SECTIONS
         /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
         . = LOAD_BASE ;
 
+	_text = .;
+
 	/* _s_kernel_ro must be page aligned */
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	_s_kernel_ro = .;