diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 1ce7889cd12b5a..56cdf13611e3d4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@ SECTIONS
 #endif
 		ALIGN_ENTRY_TEXT_END
 
-		/* bootstrapping code */
-		HEAD_TEXT
 		TEXT_TEXT
 		SCHED_TEXT
 		LOCK_TEXT
@@ -151,6 +149,11 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	} :text = 0xcccccccc
 
+	/* bootstrapping code */
+	.head.text : AT(ADDR(.head.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+		HEAD_TEXT
+	} :text = 0xcccccccc
+
 	/* End of text section, which should occupy whole number of pages */
 	_etext = .;
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);