diff --git a/libs/libvmbase/sections.ld b/libs/libvmbase/sections.ld
index 5ca5ff4..61af60f 100644
--- a/libs/libvmbase/sections.ld
+++ b/libs/libvmbase/sections.ld
@@ -56,17 +56,6 @@
 	} >image
 	rodata_end = .;
 
-	.eh_stack (NOLOAD) : ALIGN(4096) {
-		/*
-		 * Get stack overflow guard from the previous page being from
-		 * .rodata and mapped read-only or left unmapped.
-		 */
-		eh_stack_limit = .;
-		. += 4096;
-		. = ALIGN(4096);
-		init_eh_stack_pointer = .;
-	} >writable_data
-
 	/*
 	 * Collect together the read-write data including .bss at the end which
 	 * will be zero'd by the entry code. This is page aligned so it can be
@@ -96,6 +85,18 @@
 		bss_end = .;
 	} >writable_data
 
+	/* Left unmapped, to catch overflows of the exception handler stack. */
+	.eh_stack_guard_page (NOLOAD) : ALIGN(4096) {
+		. += 4096;
+	} >writable_data
+
+	/* Exception handler stack, mapped read-write. */
+	.eh_stack (NOLOAD) : ALIGN(4096) {
+		eh_stack_limit = .;
+		. += 4096;
+		init_eh_stack_pointer = .;
+	} >writable_data
+
 	/* Left unmapped, to catch overflows of the stack. */
 	.stack_guard_page (NOLOAD) : ALIGN(4096) {
 		. += 4096;