diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/tile/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index aab995578dc29fed7ff7c31ff8910101474cffb0..c7ae53df429e1be3860398bc8c5805f26ec47c43 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ SECTIONS
     KPROBES_TEXT
     IRQENTRY_TEXT
     __fix_text_end = .;   /* tile-cpack won't rearrange before this */
+    ALIGN_FUNCTION();
+    *(.hottext*)
     TEXT_TEXT
     *(.text.*)
     *(.coldtext*)