diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 18574b7dbc14f2c8b6bbdfdeea5030fcb469cc13..bf977f8514f60191e478e8e25a696c93d2802b87 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = PAGE_OFFSET + TEXT_OFFSET;
 #endif
 	.head.text : {
-		_stext = .;
+		_text = .;
 		HEAD_TEXT
 	}
 	.text : {			/* Real text segment		*/
-		_text = .;		/* Text and read-only data	*/
+		_stext = .;		/* Text and read-only data	*/
 			__exception_text_start = .;
 			*(.exception.text)
 			__exception_text_end = .;