diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index fd5750b8ac845e37561016696f456c9f33a8a745..065d35de0e01739b914e2ff6192bd13d1c561f61 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 
-	_etext = .;			/* End of text and rodata section */
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_UNWIND
 	/*
 	 * Stack unwinding tables
@@ -128,6 +126,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 #endif
 
+	_etext = .;			/* End of text and rodata section */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
 	__data_loc = ALIGN(4);		/* location in binary */
 	. = PAGE_OFFSET + TEXT_OFFSET;