diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
index 426cced1e9dce3e4d6e560fad38d26136a8c02e9..1f579a8ea25be4b9a88d1c3285b0fdb92995374d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ void __noreturn die(const char * str, const struct pt_regs * regs)
 	do_exit(SIGSEGV);
 }
 
-extern const struct exception_table_entry __start___dbe_table[];
-extern const struct exception_table_entry __stop___dbe_table[];
+extern struct exception_table_entry __start___dbe_table[];
+extern struct exception_table_entry __stop___dbe_table[];
 
 __asm__(
 "	.section	__dbe_table, \"a\"\n"
@@ -1682,4 +1682,6 @@ void __init trap_init(void)
 
 	flush_icache_range(ebase, ebase + 0x400);
 	flush_tlb_handlers();
+
+	sort_extable(__start___dbe_table, __stop___dbe_table);
 }