diff --git a/arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 1d81c4c129eccb83d9cda4b1cbc170ed40b5b715..279d80725128fa638f300fb3471de57a57c58630 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -54,16 +54,15 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
+	__init_begin = .;
 	.init :
 	{
-		_stext = .;
 		_sinittext = .;
 		HEAD_TEXT
 		INIT_TEXT
 		_einittext = .;
 	}
 
-	__init_begin = _stext;
 	INIT_DATA_SECTION(16)
 
 	PERCPU_SECTION(128)
@@ -74,6 +73,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	.text :
 	{
 		_text = .;
+		_stext = .;
 		TEXT_TEXT
 		SCHED_TEXT
 		LOCK_TEXT