diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py
index fdad3f32c747..c8047f4441e6 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py
@@ -89,23 +89,27 @@ lx-symbols command."""
                 return name
         return None
 
-    def _section_arguments(self, module):
+    def _section_arguments(self, module, module_addr):
         try:
             sect_attrs = module['sect_attrs'].dereference()
         except gdb.error:
-            return ""
+            return str(module_addr)
+
         attrs = sect_attrs['attrs']
         section_name_to_address = {
             attrs[n]['battr']['attr']['name'].string(): attrs[n]['address']
             for n in range(int(sect_attrs['nsections']))}
+
+        textaddr = section_name_to_address.get(".text", module_addr)
         args = []
         for section_name in [".data", ".data..read_mostly", ".rodata", ".bss",
-                             ".text", ".text.hot", ".text.unlikely"]:
+                             ".text.hot", ".text.unlikely"]:
             address = section_name_to_address.get(section_name)
             if address:
                 args.append(" -s {name} {addr}".format(
                     name=section_name, addr=str(address)))
-        return "".join(args)
+        return "{textaddr} {sections}".format(
+            textaddr=textaddr, sections="".join(args))
 
     def load_module_symbols(self, module):
         module_name = module['name'].string()
@@ -125,10 +129,9 @@ lx-symbols command."""
                 module_addr = hex(int(module_addr, 0) + plt_offset + plt_size)
             gdb.write("loading @{addr}: {filename}\n".format(
                 addr=module_addr, filename=module_file))
-            cmdline = "add-symbol-file {filename} {addr}{sections}".format(
+            cmdline = "add-symbol-file {filename} {sections}".format(
                 filename=module_file,
-                addr=module_addr,
-                sections=self._section_arguments(module))
+                sections=self._section_arguments(module, module_addr))
             gdb.execute(cmdline, to_string=True)
             if module_name not in self.loaded_modules:
                 self.loaded_modules.append(module_name)