diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index f5e55747242f..f8ab9d8e2ea3 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(8)
+	NOTES
 	_etext = .;			/* End of text and rodata section */
 
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -122,8 +123,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 	_edata_loc = __data_loc + SIZEOF(.data);
 
-	NOTES
-
 	BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0)
 	_end = .;