diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 0bdbaa579696138e180daa37d140080905c4b596..4c85b2e2bb652873da1ee5367549e070b363bf8a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	/* Init code and data - will be freed after init */
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	__init_begin = .; /* paired with __init_end */
 	.init.text : AT(ADDR(.init.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+		__init_begin = .; /* paired with __init_end */
 		_sinittext = .;
 		INIT_TEXT
 		_einittext = .;
@@ -346,8 +346,11 @@ SECTIONS
 #endif
 
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
+
 	/* freed after init ends here */
-	__init_end = .;
+	.init.end : AT(ADDR(.init.end) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+		__init_end = .;
+	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	.data_nosave : AT(ADDR(.data_nosave) - LOAD_OFFSET) {