diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_32.S
index 1e931aaf2ef6..f53e3277f8e5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_32.S
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.text
+	.section .text.page_aligned
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <asm/segment.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
index ec072588ff01..f1148ac8abe3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ SECTIONS
 
   /* read-only */
   .text : AT(ADDR(.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+	. = ALIGN(4096); /* not really needed, already page aligned */
+	*(.text.page_aligned)
 	TEXT_TEXT
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT