diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 8ef8a14abc95..3bb09975e342 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -245,10 +245,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 #endif
 
-	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	_edata  =  .;
-	PROVIDE32 (edata = .);
-
 	/* The initial task and kernel stack */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
 	. = ALIGN(8192);
@@ -282,6 +278,10 @@ SECTIONS
 		__nosave_end = .;
 	}
 
+	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
+	_edata  =  .;
+	PROVIDE32 (edata = .);
+
 /*
  * And finally the bss
  */