diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index b97c628ad91ff3c8b9f7c81f8bc0b6909bf35b74..ec89e657ea2f66b4470c68dc7ba0dc248ef3c0db 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -988,12 +988,13 @@
 #endif
 
 /*
- * Clang's -fsanitize=kernel-address and -fsanitize=thread produce
- * unwanted sections (.eh_frame and .init_array.*), but
- * CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS wants to keep any .init_array.* sections.
+ * Clang's -fprofile-arcs, -fsanitize=kernel-address, and
+ * -fsanitize=thread produce unwanted sections (.eh_frame
+ * and .init_array.*), but CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS wants to
+ * keep any .init_array.* sections.
  * https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46478
  */
-#if defined(CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC) || defined(CONFIG_KCSAN)
+#if defined(CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL) || defined(CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC) || defined(CONFIG_KCSAN)
 # ifdef CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS
 #  define SANITIZER_DISCARDS						\
 	*(.eh_frame)