diff --git a/crypto/ec/asm/ecp_nistz256-x86_64.pl b/crypto/ec/asm/ecp_nistz256-x86_64.pl
index feeb8c5cb39727..12efc563e58e34 100755
--- a/crypto/ec/asm/ecp_nistz256-x86_64.pl
+++ b/crypto/ec/asm/ecp_nistz256-x86_64.pl
@@ -4736,6 +4736,7 @@ ()
 }
 print <<___;
 .size	ecp_nistz256_precomputed,.-ecp_nistz256_precomputed
+.text
 ___
 
 $code =~ s/\`([^\`]*)\`/eval $1/gem;