diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
index 0119c0d5f9788009b30cd135b3a8b51dda9c354d..5d78ffb8a9a7fe0e653f9356d5b873896492a53c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  * numbers for r1.
  *
  */
-	__INIT
+	.section ".text.head", "ax"
 	.type	stext, %function
 ENTRY(stext)
 	msr	cpsr_c, #PSR_F_BIT | PSR_I_BIT | SVC_MODE @ ensure svc mode
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
index 1d35edacc01113af898946e8d5b33f4b7a0dc17d..41f98b4ba2ee256d5998a514dd20bcf250bad577 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
  * crap here - that's what the boot loader (or in extreme, well justified
  * circumstances, zImage) is for.
  */
-	__INIT
+	.section ".text.head", "ax"
 	.type	stext, %function
 ENTRY(stext)
 	msr	cpsr_c, #PSR_F_BIT | PSR_I_BIT | SVC_MODE @ ensure svc mode
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index faf32de5c5ad4dffb63d8d43cda1f66a74f70805..e4156e7868ce5987ef5311c1b2c309cda121beb8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -23,11 +23,15 @@ SECTIONS
 #else
 	. = PAGE_OFFSET + TEXT_OFFSET;
 #endif
-	.init : {			/* Init code and data		*/
+	.text.head : {
 		_stext = .;
-			_sinittext = .;
+		_sinittext = .;
+		*(.text.head)
+	}
+
+	.init : {			/* Init code and data		*/
 			*(.init.text)
-			_einittext = .;
+		_einittext = .;
 		__proc_info_begin = .;
 			*(.proc.info.init)
 		__proc_info_end = .;