diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 7b53500606127..dd84f03dc2d40 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ 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 e2c6da096cefa..99420fc1f0667 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ SECTIONS
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA
 	. = ALIGN(1<<SECTION_SHIFT);
 #endif
+	_etext = .;			/* End of text section */
+
 	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 
 	. = ALIGN(4);
@@ -155,8 +157,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	NOTES
 
-	_etext = .;			/* End of text and rodata section */
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
 	. = ALIGN(1<<SECTION_SHIFT);
 #else