diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 4aa9c54a9b76e3becf1c9e88fc5b547408e46450..e79fb3951fcef3b3f47de58325376c8745080c5a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -154,6 +154,24 @@ SECTIONS
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 
+	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
+	__vvar_page = .;
+
+	.vvar : AT(ADDR(.vvar) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+
+	      /* Place all vvars at the offsets in asm/vvar.h. */
+#define EMIT_VVAR(name, offset) 		\
+		. = offset;		\
+		*(.vvar_ ## name)
+#define __VVAR_KERNEL_LDS
+#include <asm/vvar.h>
+#undef __VVAR_KERNEL_LDS
+#undef EMIT_VVAR
+
+	} :data
+
+       . = ALIGN(__vvar_page + PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
+
 #define VSYSCALL_ADDR (-10*1024*1024)
 
 #define VLOAD_OFFSET (VSYSCALL_ADDR - __vsyscall_0 + LOAD_OFFSET)
@@ -162,7 +180,6 @@ SECTIONS
 #define VVIRT_OFFSET (VSYSCALL_ADDR - __vsyscall_0)
 #define VVIRT(x) (ADDR(x) - VVIRT_OFFSET)
 
-	. = ALIGN(4096);
 	__vsyscall_0 = .;
 
 	. = VSYSCALL_ADDR;
@@ -185,23 +202,6 @@ SECTIONS
 #undef VVIRT_OFFSET
 #undef VVIRT
 
-	__vvar_page = .;
-
-	.vvar : AT(ADDR(.vvar) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
-
-	      /* Place all vvars at the offsets in asm/vvar.h. */
-#define EMIT_VVAR(name, offset) 		\
-		. = offset;		\
-		*(.vvar_ ## name)
-#define __VVAR_KERNEL_LDS
-#include <asm/vvar.h>
-#undef __VVAR_KERNEL_LDS
-#undef EMIT_VVAR
-
-	} :data
-
-       . = ALIGN(__vvar_page + PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
 
 	/* Init code and data - will be freed after init */