diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index dbf67f64d5ecf76cee128b2c89d43a4267b57223..e79f15f108a8d43d8d5644f7fc967f32c3282b47 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ SECTIONS
 	/* Text and read-only data */
 	.text :  AT(ADDR(.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		_text = .;
+		_stext = .;
 		/* bootstrapping code */
 		HEAD_TEXT
 		. = ALIGN(8);
-		_stext = .;
 		TEXT_TEXT
 		SCHED_TEXT
 		CPUIDLE_TEXT