diff --git a/mono/mini/aot-compiler.c b/mono/mini/aot-compiler.c
index 8180b5f199517a7e23c41250994a8e3489e3b002..150ef3234958845c5c4975459630b5f0f62a8eda 100644
--- a/mono/mini/aot-compiler.c
+++ b/mono/mini/aot-compiler.c
@@ -4346,8 +4346,14 @@ emit_code (MonoAotCompile *acfg)
 			emit_method_code (acfg, acfg->cfgs [i]);
 	}
 
+	sprintf (symbol, "methods_end");
+	emit_section_change (acfg, ".text", 0);
+	emit_global (acfg, symbol, FALSE);
+	emit_alignment (acfg, 8);
+	emit_label (acfg, symbol);
+
 	sprintf (symbol, "method_addresses");
-	emit_section_change (acfg, ".text", 1);
+	emit_section_change (acfg, ".data", 1);
 	emit_global (acfg, symbol, FALSE);
 	emit_alignment (acfg, 8);
 	emit_label (acfg, symbol);
@@ -4365,12 +4371,6 @@ emit_code (MonoAotCompile *acfg)
 		}
 	}
 
-	sprintf (symbol, "methods_end");
-	emit_section_change (acfg, ".text", 0);
-	emit_global (acfg, symbol, FALSE);
-	emit_alignment (acfg, 8);
-	emit_label (acfg, symbol);
-
 	sprintf (symbol, "method_offsets");
 	emit_section_change (acfg, ".text", 1);
 	emit_global (acfg, symbol, FALSE);