2 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S b/arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S
index 0cddcc038422..6df05e6034fa 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
  */
 
         .text
+        .section .bootstrap.text
         .code32
         .globl startup_32
 /* %bx:  1 if coming from smp trampoline on secondary cpu */ 
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 74db0062d4a2..029be20accef 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ SECTIONS
   phys_startup_64 = startup_64 - LOAD_OFFSET;
   _text = .;                    /* Text and read-only data */
   .text :  AT(ADDR(.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+        *(.bootstrap.text)
         *(.text)
         SCHED_TEXT
         LOCK_TEXT