diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 1a056bb26633..763e5aab5752 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		_text = .;
 		HEAD_TEXT
 	}
-	ALIGN_DEBUG_RO
+	ALIGN_DEBUG_RO_MIN(PAGE_SIZE)
 	.text : {			/* Real text segment		*/
 		_stext = .;		/* Text and read-only data	*/
 			__exception_text_start = .;
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ SECTIONS
 	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(8)
 	NOTES
-	ALIGN_DEBUG_RO
 
 	ALIGN_DEBUG_RO_MIN(PAGE_SIZE)
+	_etext = .;			/* End of text and rodata section */
 	__init_begin = .;
 
 	INIT_TEXT_SECTION(8)