diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile b/arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile
index 18d962a8c0c2..d3a0f0fd56dd 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ AFLAGS_head.o += -mtext-section-literals
 
 sed-y = -e 's/\*(\(\.[a-z]*it\|\.ref\|\)\.text)/*(\1.literal \1.text)/g' \
 	-e 's/\.text\.unlikely/.literal.unlikely .text.unlikely/g'	 \
+	-e 's/\*(\(\.text .*\))/*(.literal \1)/g'			 \
 	-e 's/\*(\(\.text\.[a-z]*\))/*(\1.literal \1)/g'
 
 quiet_cmd__cpp_lds_S = LDS     $@