diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index a36254cbf776..d90cdc77e077 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -425,8 +425,10 @@ static int fastop(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt, void (*fop)(struct fastop *));
 	#op " %al \n\t" \
 	FOP_RET
 
-asm(".global kvm_fastop_exception \n"
-    "kvm_fastop_exception: xor %esi, %esi; ret");
+asm(".pushsection .fixup, \"ax\"\n"
+    ".global kvm_fastop_exception \n"
+    "kvm_fastop_exception: xor %esi, %esi; ret\n"
+    ".popsection");
 
 FOP_START(setcc)
 FOP_SETCC(seto)