diff --git a/libavcodec/arm/asm.S b/libavcodec/arm/asm.S
index 724e7a00ea..f364a24f9b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/arm/asm.S
+++ b/libavcodec/arm/asm.S
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ ELF     .size   \name, . - \name
         .endfunc
         .purgem endfunc
     .endm
+        .text
     .if \export
         .global EXTERN_ASM\name
 EXTERN_ASM\name: