diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
index 3637973a9708bc4f9e8f457b7c04307ca6e2212b..58ee8a24308c183269f610d4c485322c13cf2d69 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ __turn_mmu_on_loc:
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP)
 	.text
-ENTRY(secondary_startup_arm)
 	.arm
+ENTRY(secondary_startup_arm)
  THUMB(	adr	r9, BSYM(1f)	)	@ Kernel is entered in ARM.
  THUMB(	bx	r9		)	@ If this is a Thumb-2 kernel,
  THUMB(	.thumb			)	@ switch to Thumb now.