diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
index ba5aff6..70f7b9e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
@@ -94,12 +94,19 @@
 	dmb	\opt
 	.endm
 
+/*
+ * Emit an entry into the exception table
+ */
+	.macro		_asm_extable, from, to
+	.pushsection	__ex_table, "a"
+	.align		3
+	.long		(\from - .), (\to - .)
+	.popsection
+	.endm
+
 #define USER(l, x...)				\
 9999:	x;					\
-	.section __ex_table,"a";		\
-	.align	3;				\
-	.quad	9999b,l;			\
-	.previous
+	_asm_extable	9999b, l
 
 /*
  * Register aliases.