diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/head.S b/arch/i386/kernel/head.S
index 6c7f711..734be55 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/head.S
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
  * any particular GDT layout, because we load our own as soon as we
  * can.
  */
+.section .text.head,"ax",@progbits
 ENTRY(startup_32)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
@@ -141,16 +142,25 @@
 	jb 10b
 	movl %edi,(init_pg_tables_end - __PAGE_OFFSET)
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	xorl %ebx,%ebx				/* This is the boot CPU (BSP) */
 	jmp 3f
-
 /*
  * Non-boot CPU entry point; entered from trampoline.S
  * We can't lgdt here, because lgdt itself uses a data segment, but
  * we know the trampoline has already loaded the boot_gdt_table GDT
  * for us.
+ *
+ * If cpu hotplug is not supported then this code can go in init section
+ * which will be freed later
  */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+.section .text,"ax",@progbits
+#else
+.section .init.text,"ax",@progbits
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 ENTRY(startup_32_smp)
 	cld
 	movl $(__BOOT_DS),%eax
@@ -208,8 +218,8 @@
 	xorl %ebx,%ebx
 	incl %ebx
 
-3:
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
+3:
 
 /*
  * Enable paging
@@ -492,6 +502,7 @@
 #endif
 	iret
 
+.section .text
 #ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
 startup_paravirt:
 	cld
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 5038a73..ca516109 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -37,9 +37,14 @@
 {
   . = LOAD_OFFSET + LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR;
   phys_startup_32 = startup_32 - LOAD_OFFSET;
+
+  .text.head : AT(ADDR(.text.head) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+  	_text = .;			/* Text and read-only data */
+	*(.text.head)
+  } :text = 0x9090
+
   /* read-only */
   .text : AT(ADDR(.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
-  	_text = .;			/* Text and read-only data */
 	*(.text)
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 2aa4762..569e684 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -641,12 +641,20 @@
 	if (f1 && f2)
 		return 1;
 
-	/* Whitelist all references from .pci_fixup section if vmlinux */
+	/* Whitelist all references from .pci_fixup section if vmlinux
+	 * Whitelist all refereces from .text.head to .init.data if vmlinux
+	 * Whitelist all refereces from .text.head to .init.text if vmlinux
+	 */
 	if (is_vmlinux(modname)) {
 		if ((strcmp(fromsec, ".pci_fixup") == 0) &&
 		    (strcmp(tosec, ".init.text") == 0))
 		return 1;
 
+		if ((strcmp(fromsec, ".text.head") == 0) &&
+			((strcmp(tosec, ".init.data") == 0) ||
+			(strcmp(tosec, ".init.text") == 0)))
+		return 1;
+
 		/* Check for pattern 3 */
 		for (s = pat3refsym; *s; s++)
 			if (strcmp(refsymname, *s) == 0)