diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
index 853953cd1f08..5773a6629f10 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@
 
 #define TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE	(PAGE_ALIGN(TASK_SIZE / 4))
 
+#define KERNEL_START      _text
+#define KERNEL_END        _end
+
 /*
  * Physical vs virtual RAM address space conversion.  These are
  * private definitions which should NOT be used outside memory.h
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 977913e6f8a9..79cf6059ea50 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@
 #error TEXT_OFFSET must be less than 2MB
 #endif
 
-#define KERNEL_START	_text
-#define KERNEL_END	_end
-
 /*
  * Kernel startup entry point.
  * ---------------------------