diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 1afe211d7a7c..7e0e21082c93 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #define LOAD_OFFSET __START_KERNEL_map
 #endif
 
+#define RUNTIME_DISCARD_EXIT
+
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index c3bcac22c389..2d45d98773e2 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -900,10 +900,17 @@
  * section definitions so that such archs put those in earlier section
  * definitions.
  */
+#ifdef RUNTIME_DISCARD_EXIT
+#define EXIT_DISCARDS
+#else
+#define EXIT_DISCARDS							\
+	EXIT_TEXT							\
+	EXIT_DATA
+#endif
+
 #define DISCARDS							\
 	/DISCARD/ : {							\
-	EXIT_TEXT							\
-	EXIT_DATA							\
+	EXIT_DISCARDS							\
 	EXIT_CALL							\
 	*(.discard)							\
 	*(.discard.*)							\