diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 79cb51adc741..35b13ed0af5f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ SECTIONS
 		EXIT_TEXT
 	}
 
+	.exit.data : {
+		EXIT_DATA
+	}
+
 	/* early.c uses stsi, which requires page aligned data. */
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	INIT_DATA_SECTION(0x100)