diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 0b9e56d..783600f 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@
 	  __stop___ex_table = .;
 	}
 
+  /* MCA table */
+  . = ALIGN(16);
+  __mca_table : AT(ADDR(__mca_table) - LOAD_OFFSET)
+	{
+	  __start___mca_table = .;
+	  *(__mca_table)
+	  __stop___mca_table = .;
+	}
+
   /* Global data */
   _data = .;
 
@@ -130,15 +139,6 @@
 	  __initcall_end = .;
 	}
 
-  /* MCA table */
-  . = ALIGN(16);
-  __mca_table : AT(ADDR(__mca_table) - LOAD_OFFSET)
-	{
-	  __start___mca_table = .;
-	  *(__mca_table)
-	  __stop___mca_table = .;
-	}
-
   .data.patch.vtop : AT(ADDR(.data.patch.vtop) - LOAD_OFFSET)
 	{
 	  __start___vtop_patchlist = .;