diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index fa812d03ff47..18574b7dbc14 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -69,6 +69,53 @@ SECTIONS
 		_stext = .;
 		HEAD_TEXT
 	}
+	.text : {			/* Real text segment		*/
+		_text = .;		/* Text and read-only data	*/
+			__exception_text_start = .;
+			*(.exception.text)
+			__exception_text_end = .;
+			IRQENTRY_TEXT
+			TEXT_TEXT
+			SCHED_TEXT
+			LOCK_TEXT
+			KPROBES_TEXT
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+			*(.fixup)
+#endif
+			*(.gnu.warning)
+			*(.glue_7)
+			*(.glue_7t)
+		. = ALIGN(4);
+		*(.got)			/* Global offset table		*/
+			ARM_CPU_KEEP(PROC_INFO)
+	}
+
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_UNWIND
+	/*
+	 * Stack unwinding tables
+	 */
+	. = ALIGN(8);
+	.ARM.unwind_idx : {
+		__start_unwind_idx = .;
+		*(.ARM.exidx*)
+		__stop_unwind_idx = .;
+	}
+	.ARM.unwind_tab : {
+		__start_unwind_tab = .;
+		*(.ARM.extab*)
+		__stop_unwind_tab = .;
+	}
+#endif
+
+	_etext = .;			/* End of text and rodata section */
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
+	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
+	__init_begin = .;
+#endif
+
 	INIT_TEXT_SECTION(8)
 	.exit.text : {
 		ARM_EXIT_KEEP(EXIT_TEXT)
@@ -116,58 +163,11 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	PERCPU_SECTION(32)
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
-	__init_begin = _stext;
-	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	__init_end = .;
-#endif
-
-	.text : {			/* Real text segment		*/
-		_text = .;		/* Text and read-only data	*/
-			__exception_text_start = .;
-			*(.exception.text)
-			__exception_text_end = .;
-			IRQENTRY_TEXT
-			TEXT_TEXT
-			SCHED_TEXT
-			LOCK_TEXT
-			KPROBES_TEXT
-#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
-			*(.fixup)
-#endif
-			*(.gnu.warning)
-			*(.glue_7)
-			*(.glue_7t)
-		. = ALIGN(4);
-		*(.got)			/* Global offset table		*/
-			ARM_CPU_KEEP(PROC_INFO)
-	}
-
-	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_UNWIND
-	/*
-	 * Stack unwinding tables
-	 */
-	. = ALIGN(8);
-	.ARM.unwind_idx : {
-		__start_unwind_idx = .;
-		*(.ARM.exidx*)
-		__stop_unwind_idx = .;
-	}
-	.ARM.unwind_tab : {
-		__start_unwind_tab = .;
-		*(.ARM.extab*)
-		__stop_unwind_tab = .;
-	}
-#endif
-
-	_etext = .;			/* End of text and rodata section */
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
 	__data_loc = ALIGN(4);		/* location in binary */
 	. = PAGE_OFFSET + TEXT_OFFSET;
 #else
+	__init_end = .;
 	. = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);
 	__data_loc = .;
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/init.c b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
index c19571c40a21..b8e891243153 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
@@ -639,8 +639,8 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 			"    pkmap   : 0x%08lx - 0x%08lx   (%4ld MB)\n"
 #endif
 			"    modules : 0x%08lx - 0x%08lx   (%4ld MB)\n"
-			"      .init : 0x%p" " - 0x%p" "   (%4d kB)\n"
 			"      .text : 0x%p" " - 0x%p" "   (%4d kB)\n"
+			"      .init : 0x%p" " - 0x%p" "   (%4d kB)\n"
 			"      .data : 0x%p" " - 0x%p" "   (%4d kB)\n"
 			"       .bss : 0x%p" " - 0x%p" "   (%4d kB)\n",
 
@@ -662,8 +662,8 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 #endif
 			MLM(MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END),
 
-			MLK_ROUNDUP(__init_begin, __init_end),
 			MLK_ROUNDUP(_text, _etext),
+			MLK_ROUNDUP(__init_begin, __init_end),
 			MLK_ROUNDUP(_sdata, _edata),
 			MLK_ROUNDUP(__bss_start, __bss_stop));