diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/io-readsb.S b/arch/arm/lib/io-readsb.S
index 9ee07b8..963c455 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/io-readsb.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/io-readsb.S
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <asm/assembler.h>
 
+.section .text.readsb
+
 .Linsb_align:	rsb	ip, ip, #4
 		cmp	ip, r2
 		movgt	ip, r2
@@ -23,8 +25,6 @@
 		subs	r2, r2, ip
 		bne	.Linsb_aligned
 
-.section .text.readsb
-
 ENTRY(readsb)
 		teq	r2, #0		@ do we have to check for the zero len?
 		moveq	pc, lr