diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index a4b3e6c0680c..9128a26eb45b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  * Written by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
  */
 
+#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN	8
+
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/cache.h>
 #include <asm/kernel-pgtable.h>
@@ -135,10 +137,9 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(SEGMENT_ALIGN);
 	_etext = .;			/* End of text section */
 
-	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)		/* everything from this point to     */
-	EXCEPTION_TABLE(8)		/* __init_begin will be marked RO NX */
+	/* everything from this point to __init_begin will be marked RO NX */
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 
-	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	idmap_pg_dir = .;
 	. += IDMAP_DIR_SIZE;