diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
index 8150132b144f..d43c2db12d30 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	/* Sections to be discarded */
 	/DISCARD/ : {
 		*(.eh_frame)
+		*(__ex_table)
 		*(*__ksymtab*)
 	}
 }