diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index d0564f1bcb0b..f8aeccf105fa 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -67,13 +67,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
   _edata = .;			/* End of data section */
 
-  __bss_start = .;		/* BSS */
-  .bss : AT(ADDR(.bss) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
-	*(.bss.page_aligned)	
-	*(.bss)
-	}
-  __bss_stop = .;
-
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
   . = ALIGN(CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES);
   .data.cacheline_aligned : AT(ADDR(.data.cacheline_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
@@ -229,6 +222,13 @@ SECTIONS
   . = ALIGN(4096);
   __nosave_end = .;
 
+  __bss_start = .;		/* BSS */
+  .bss : AT(ADDR(.bss) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+	*(.bss.page_aligned)
+	*(.bss)
+	}
+  __bss_stop = .;
+
   _end = . ;
 
   /* Sections to be discarded */