}
 
                offset = ALIGN(offset, align);
+
+               /*
+                * Check if the segment contains the entry point, if so,
+                * calculate the value of image->start based on it.
+                * If the compiler has produced more than one .text section
+                * (Eg: .text.hot), they are generally after the main .text
+                * section, and they shall not be used to calculate
+                * image->start. So do not re-calculate image->start if it
+                * is not set to the initial value, and warn the user so they
+                * have a chance to fix their purgatory's linker script.
+                */
                if (sechdrs[i].sh_flags & SHF_EXECINSTR &&
                    pi->ehdr->e_entry >= sechdrs[i].sh_addr &&
                    pi->ehdr->e_entry < (sechdrs[i].sh_addr
-                                        + sechdrs[i].sh_size)) {
+                                        + sechdrs[i].sh_size) &&
+                   !WARN_ON(kbuf->image->start != pi->ehdr->e_entry)) {
                        kbuf->image->start -= sechdrs[i].sh_addr;
                        kbuf->image->start += kbuf->mem + offset;
                }