diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 49d55327de0b..7e0eb4020917 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -32,10 +32,9 @@ PHDRS {
 SECTIONS
 {
 	. = 0x100000;
-	_stext = .;		/* Start of text section */
 	.text : {
-		/* Text and read-only data */
-		_text = .;
+		_stext = .;		/* Start of text section */
+		_text = .;		/* Text and read-only data */
 		HEAD_TEXT
 		TEXT_TEXT
 		SCHED_TEXT
@@ -47,11 +46,10 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.text.*_indirect_*)
 		*(.fixup)
 		*(.gnu.warning)
+		. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
+		_etext = .;		/* End of text section */
 	} :text = 0x0700
 
-	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	_etext = .;		/* End of text section */
-
 	NOTES :text :note
 
 	.dummy : { *(.dummy) } :data