1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 2f4508f55fca..cecff24cc972 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ SECTIONS
   .con_initcall.init : { *(.con_initcall.init) }
   __con_initcall_end = .;
   SECURITY_INIT
+    /* .exit.text is discarded at runtime, not link time, to deal with
+     references from .rodata */
+  .exit.text : { *(.exit.text) }
+  .exit.data : { *(.exit.data) }
   . = ALIGN(_PAGE_SIZE);
   __initramfs_start = .;
   .init.ramfs : { *(.init.ramfs) }
@@ -136,8 +140,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
   /* Sections to be discarded */
   /DISCARD/ : {
-        *(.exit.text)
-        *(.exit.data)
         *(.exitcall.exit)
 
         /* ABI crap starts here */