diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 6a98f1a38c29..1cdecce552bb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -469,13 +469,6 @@ SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(__primary_switched)
 	ASM_BUG()
 SYM_FUNC_END(__primary_switched)
 
-	.pushsection ".rodata", "a"
-SYM_DATA_START(kimage_vaddr)
-	.quad		_text
-SYM_DATA_END(kimage_vaddr)
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kimage_vaddr)
-	.popsection
-
 /*
  * end early head section, begin head code that is also used for
  * hotplug and needs to have the same protections as the text region
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 626ec32873c6..fde2b326419a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ u64 idmap_ptrs_per_pgd = PTRS_PER_PGD;
 u64 __section(".mmuoff.data.write") vabits_actual;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vabits_actual);
 
+u64 kimage_vaddr __ro_after_init = (u64)&_text;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kimage_vaddr);
+
 u64 kimage_voffset __ro_after_init;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kimage_voffset);