diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index a1a758e25b2b..b06d6e1188de 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #define EMITS_PT_NOTE
+#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN	16
 
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
@@ -145,8 +146,6 @@ SECTIONS
 #endif
 	} :text = 0x9090
 
-	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
-
 	/* End of text section, which should occupy whole number of pages */
 	_etext = .;
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);