diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 20edd349d379..bf63b4693457 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ static void __init request_standard_resources(const struct machine_desc *mdesc)
 	struct resource *res;
 
 	kernel_code.start   = virt_to_phys(_text);
-	kernel_code.end     = virt_to_phys(_etext - 1);
+	kernel_code.end     = virt_to_phys(__init_begin - 1);
 	kernel_data.start   = virt_to_phys(_sdata);
 	kernel_data.end     = virt_to_phys(_end - 1);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 8b60fde5ce48..be2ab6d3b91f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ SECTIONS
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
 	. = ALIGN(1<<SECTION_SHIFT);
 #endif
+	_etext = .;			/* End of text section */
+
 	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 
 	. = ALIGN(4);
@@ -150,8 +152,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	NOTES
 
-	_etext = .;			/* End of text and rodata section */
-
 #ifndef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
 # ifdef CONFIG_ARM_KERNMEM_PERMS
 	. = ALIGN(1<<SECTION_SHIFT);