diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
index c42245775a4db9d520df660424c6c7e690480beb..59fe285865ec050b958545a94007568d94c7f707 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	*(.gnu.warning)
 	} :text = 0x4e75
 
+  _etext = .;			/* End of text section */
+
   . = ALIGN(16);		/* Exception table */
   __start___ex_table = .;
   __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
@@ -26,8 +28,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
   RODATA
 
-  _etext = .;			/* End of text section */
-
   .data : {			/* Data */
 	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS