diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 7d43c3cd3ef35880b5b0fd5a5fbb08b33a51e605..b4607155e8d0b930c98b8a913d050a08d47b9e4a 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		KPROBES_TEXT
 		*(.fixup)
 		*(.gnu.warning)
-	} = 0x0700
+	} :text = 0x0700
 
 	_etext = .;		/* End of text section */