diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index b31aa73e807655..e8d5fba807a027 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	.text : {			/* Real text segment		*/
 		_stext = .;		/* Text and read-only data	*/
+			IDMAP_TEXT
 			__exception_text_start = .;
 			*(.exception.text)
 			__exception_text_end = .;
@@ -108,7 +109,6 @@ SECTIONS
 			SCHED_TEXT
 			LOCK_TEXT
 			KPROBES_TEXT
-			IDMAP_TEXT
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 			*(.fixup)
 #endif