diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
index e5dfc2895e24..573b803dc6bf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
  * numbers for r1.
  *
  */
-	.section ".text.head", "ax"
+	__HEAD
 ENTRY(stext)
 	setmode	PSR_F_BIT | PSR_I_BIT | SVC_MODE, r9 @ ensure svc mode
 						@ and irqs disabled
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
index 38ccbe1d3b2c..eb62bf947212 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
  * crap here - that's what the boot loader (or in extreme, well justified
  * circumstances, zImage) is for.
  */
-	.section ".text.head", "ax"
+	__HEAD
 ENTRY(stext)
 	setmode	PSR_F_BIT | PSR_I_BIT | SVC_MODE, r9 @ ensure svc mode
 						@ and irqs disabled
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index aecf87dfbaec..0902f806cd37 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -24,13 +24,11 @@ SECTIONS
 #else
 	. = PAGE_OFFSET + TEXT_OFFSET;
 #endif
-	.text.head : {
-		_stext = .;
-		_sinittext = .;
-		*(.text.head)
-	}
 
 	.init : {			/* Init code and data		*/
+		_stext = .;
+		_sinittext = .;
+			HEAD_TEXT
 			INIT_TEXT
 		_einittext = .;
 		__proc_info_begin = .;