diff --git a/board/renesas/sh7757lcr/u-boot.lds b/board/renesas/sh7757lcr/u-boot.lds
index 790b5b840d457499bf806d7a1e5b66536f5f84fd..38ebe885071a28efbed89fb7ba01661808a6b469 100644
--- a/board/renesas/sh7757lcr/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/renesas/sh7757lcr/u-boot.lds
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	.text :
 	{
-		arch/sh/cpu/sh4/start.o		(.text)
+		KEEP(arch/sh/cpu/sh4/start.o		(.text))
 		*(.spiboot1.text)
 		*(.spiboot2.text)
 		. = ALIGN(8192);