diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 73067efd4845..208414c0506a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config ARM
 	select ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC64_DEC_IF_POSITIVE
 	select ARCH_HAVE_CUSTOM_GPIO_H
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
+	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT if MMU
 	select CPU_PM if (SUSPEND || CPU_IDLE)
 	select DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS if (CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7) && !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if (CPU_V6 || !CPU_32v6K || !AEABI)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 36ff15bbfdd4..b9f38e388b43 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -114,6 +114,15 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 
+	. = ALIGN(4);
+	__ex_table : AT(ADDR(__ex_table) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+		__start___ex_table = .;
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+		*(__ex_table)
+#endif
+		__stop___ex_table = .;
+	}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_UNWIND
 	/*
 	 * Stack unwinding tables
@@ -219,16 +228,6 @@ SECTIONS
 		CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
 		READ_MOSTLY_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
 
-		/*
-		 * The exception fixup table (might need resorting at runtime)
-		 */
-		. = ALIGN(4);
-		__start___ex_table = .;
-#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
-		*(__ex_table)
-#endif
-		__stop___ex_table = .;
-
 		/*
 		 * and the usual data section
 		 */
diff --git a/scripts/sortextable.c b/scripts/sortextable.c
index f19ddc47304c..1f10e89d15b4 100644
--- a/scripts/sortextable.c
+++ b/scripts/sortextable.c
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ do_file(char const *const fname)
 	case EM_S390:
 		custom_sort = sort_relative_table;
 		break;
+	case EM_ARM:
 	case EM_MIPS:
 		break;
 	}  /* end switch */