diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index b5fba689fca65475a69db67f05008cb546633b38..b59d75e194a54132e7c00440fa8bc6c74172258e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ SECTIONS
 		KPROBES_TEXT
 		IRQENTRY_TEXT
 		SOFTIRQENTRY_TEXT
+		MEM_KEEP(init.text)
+		MEM_KEEP(exit.text)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
 		*(.got1)