diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index b1002c6..e7ff0b9 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ jiffies = jiffies_64 + 4;
 SECTIONS
 {
 	. = 0x10000 + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-	.text 0xf0004000 :
-	{
+	.text.head 0xf0004000 : {
+		_text = .;                      /* Text and read-only data */
+		*(.text.head)
+	} = 0
+	.text : {
 		_text = .;
 		TEXT_TEXT
 		SCHED_TEXT