diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/crt0.S b/arch/powerpc/boot/crt0.S
index dcf2f15e6797..32dfe6d083f3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/crt0.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/crt0.S
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ p_end:		.long	_end
 p_pstack:	.long	_platform_stack_top
 #endif
 
-	.weak	_zimage_start
 	.globl	_zimage_start
+	/* Clang appears to require the .weak directive to be after the symbol
+	 * is defined. See https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38921  */
+	.weak	_zimage_start
 _zimage_start:
 	.globl	_zimage_start_lib
 _zimage_start_lib: