diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/head.S b/arch/openrisc/kernel/head.S
index a22f1fc40a6c03a0250846e5ab1f1a96aafc7f43..ceb2d536fc77fa030a9914af712f8ebeb57c63f1 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/head.S
@@ -1530,6 +1530,7 @@ ENTRY(_early_uart_init)
 	l.jr	r9
 	l.nop
 
+	.section .rodata
 _string_copying_linux:
 	.string "\n\n\n\n\n\rCopying Linux... \0"