diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
index 1dd5bd8a8c599360ae1626b66010c1a18b12145b..133055311dce1c1ea0d4e2ae26195cc7da4c5647 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
   .altinstr_replacement : { *(.altinstr_replacement) }
   /* .exit.text is discard at runtime, not link time, to deal with references
      from .altinstructions and .eh_frame */
-  .exit.text : { *(.exit.text) }
+  .exit.text : { EXIT_TEXT }
   .exit.data : { *(.exit.data) }
 
   .preinit_array : {