diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sections.h
index e4ad9db53af1d..152cb35bf9df7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ extern char __exittext_begin[], __exittext_end[];
 extern char __irqentry_text_start[], __irqentry_text_end[];
 extern char __mmuoff_data_start[], __mmuoff_data_end[];
 extern char __entry_tramp_text_start[], __entry_tramp_text_end[];
+extern char __relocate_new_kernel_start[], __relocate_new_kernel_end[];
 
 #endif /* __ASM_SECTIONS_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index cf5d6f22a041b..320442d35811a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -21,14 +21,11 @@
 #include <asm/mmu.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/trans_pgd.h>
 
 #include "cpu-reset.h"
 
-/* Global variables for the arm64_relocate_new_kernel routine. */
-extern const unsigned char arm64_relocate_new_kernel[];
-extern const unsigned long arm64_relocate_new_kernel_size;
-
 /**
  * kexec_image_info - For debugging output.
  */
@@ -163,6 +160,7 @@ static void *kexec_page_alloc(void *arg)
 int machine_kexec_post_load(struct kimage *kimage)
 {
 	void *reloc_code = page_to_virt(kimage->control_code_page);
+	long reloc_size;
 	struct trans_pgd_info info = {
 		.trans_alloc_page	= kexec_page_alloc,
 		.trans_alloc_arg	= kimage,
@@ -183,17 +181,15 @@ int machine_kexec_post_load(struct kimage *kimage)
 			return rc;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(reloc_code, arm64_relocate_new_kernel,
-	       arm64_relocate_new_kernel_size);
+	reloc_size = __relocate_new_kernel_end - __relocate_new_kernel_start;
+	memcpy(reloc_code, __relocate_new_kernel_start, reloc_size);
 	kimage->arch.kern_reloc = __pa(reloc_code);
 
 	/* Flush the reloc_code in preparation for its execution. */
 	dcache_clean_inval_poc((unsigned long)reloc_code,
-			       (unsigned long)reloc_code +
-			       arm64_relocate_new_kernel_size);
+			       (unsigned long)reloc_code + reloc_size);
 	icache_inval_pou((uintptr_t)reloc_code,
-			 (uintptr_t)reloc_code +
-			 arm64_relocate_new_kernel_size);
+			 (uintptr_t)reloc_code + reloc_size);
 	kexec_list_flush(kimage);
 	kexec_image_info(kimage);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/relocate_kernel.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/relocate_kernel.S
index b4fb97312a801..2227741b96fa9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/relocate_kernel.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/relocate_kernel.S
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <asm/sysreg.h>
 #include <asm/virt.h>
 
+.section    ".kexec_relocate.text", "ax"
 /*
  * arm64_relocate_new_kernel - Put a 2nd stage image in place and boot it.
  *
@@ -77,16 +78,3 @@ SYM_CODE_START(arm64_relocate_new_kernel)
 	mov	x3, xzr
 	br	x4				/* Jumps from el1 */
 SYM_CODE_END(arm64_relocate_new_kernel)
-
-.align 3	/* To keep the 64-bit values below naturally aligned. */
-
-.Lcopy_end:
-.org	KEXEC_CONTROL_PAGE_SIZE
-
-/*
- * arm64_relocate_new_kernel_size - Number of bytes to copy to the
- * control_code_page.
- */
-.globl arm64_relocate_new_kernel_size
-arm64_relocate_new_kernel_size:
-	.quad	.Lcopy_end - arm64_relocate_new_kernel
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index f6b1a88245db2..0760331af85c4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/cache.h>
 #include <asm/kernel-pgtable.h>
+#include <asm/kexec.h>
 #include <asm/memory.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
@@ -100,6 +101,16 @@ jiffies = jiffies_64;
 #define HIBERNATE_TEXT
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE
+#define KEXEC_TEXT					\
+	. = ALIGN(SZ_4K);				\
+	__relocate_new_kernel_start = .;		\
+	*(.kexec_relocate.text)				\
+	__relocate_new_kernel_end = .;
+#else
+#define KEXEC_TEXT
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0
 #define TRAMP_TEXT					\
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);				\
@@ -160,6 +171,7 @@ SECTIONS
 			HYPERVISOR_TEXT
 			IDMAP_TEXT
 			HIBERNATE_TEXT
+			KEXEC_TEXT
 			TRAMP_TEXT
 			*(.fixup)
 			*(.gnu.warning)
@@ -348,3 +360,10 @@ ASSERT(swapper_pg_dir - reserved_pg_dir == RESERVED_SWAPPER_OFFSET,
 ASSERT(swapper_pg_dir - tramp_pg_dir == TRAMP_SWAPPER_OFFSET,
        "TRAMP_SWAPPER_OFFSET is wrong!")
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE
+/* kexec relocation code should fit into one KEXEC_CONTROL_PAGE_SIZE */
+ASSERT(__relocate_new_kernel_end - (__relocate_new_kernel_start & ~(SZ_4K - 1))
+	<= SZ_4K, "kexec relocation code is too big or misaligned")
+ASSERT(KEXEC_CONTROL_PAGE_SIZE >= SZ_4K, "KEXEC_CONTROL_PAGE_SIZE is broken")
+#endif