diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index e6a0fb0f392e36e6f1bcc81ad66235dd7437067d..7ee48e7f8f318a7b453e12849b60a6832bb85770 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -676,10 +676,10 @@ do_fpe:
  *  lr  = unrecognised FP instruction return address
  */
 
-	.data
+	.pushsection .data
 ENTRY(fp_enter)
 	.word	no_fp
-	.text
+	.popsection
 
 ENTRY(no_fp)
 	mov	pc, lr