diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.S
index 18af0b3d3eb2..7e5e1c28e56a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.S
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_PPC64
-
 	.section ".text"
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_PPC64
+
 /* Routines for saving integer registers, called by the compiler.  */
 /* Called with r11 pointing to the stack header word of the caller of the */
 /* function, just beyond the end of the integer save area.  */
@@ -314,8 +314,6 @@ _GLOBAL(_restvr_31)
 
 #else /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
 
-	.section ".text.save.restore","ax",@progbits
-
 .globl	_savegpr0_14
 _savegpr0_14:
 	std	r14,-144(r1)