+--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
++++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+@@ -78,18 +78,6 @@ SECTIONS
+ #endif
+ }
+
+- /DISCARD/ : { /* Exit code and data */
+- EXIT_TEXT
+- EXIT_DATA
+- *(.exitcall.exit)
+- *(.ARM.exidx.exit.text)
+- *(.ARM.extab.exit.text)
+-#ifndef CONFIG_MMU
+- *(.fixup)
+- *(__ex_table)
+-#endif
+- }
+-
+ .text : { /* Real text segment */
+ _text = .; /* Text and read-only data */
+ __exception_text_start = .;
+@@ -194,6 +182,20 @@ SECTIONS
+ *(COMMON)
+ _end = .;
+ }
++
++ /DISCARD/ : { /* Exit code and data */
++ EXIT_TEXT
++ EXIT_DATA
++ *(.discard)
++ *(.exitcall.exit)
++ *(.ARM.exidx.exit.text)
++ *(.ARM.extab.exit.text)
++#ifndef CONFIG_MMU
++ *(.fixup)
++ *(__ex_table)
++#endif
++ }
++
+ /* Stabs debugging sections. */
+ .stab 0 : { *(.stab) }
+ .stabstr 0 : { *(.stabstr) }
+--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
++++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ jiffies = jiffies_64 + 4;
+ #endif
+ SECTIONS
+ {
+- /* Sections to be discarded. */
+- /DISCARD/ : {
+- *(.exitcall.exit)
+- EXIT_DATA
+- }
+-
+ . = KERNELBASE;
+
+ /*
+@@ -295,6 +289,12 @@ SECTIONS
+ __bss_stop = .;
+ }
+
++ /* Sections to be discarded. */
++ /DISCARD/ : {
++ *(.exitcall.exit)
++ EXIT_DATA
++ }
++
+ . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
+ _end = . ;
+ PROVIDE32 (end = .);