diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
index 00bd3529854a..1f54e4e98c1e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
@@ -83,8 +83,15 @@
 #define IOREMAP_MAX_ORDER	24
 #endif
 
+#define VECTORS_BASE		UL(0xffff0000)
+
 #else /* CONFIG_MMU */
 
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+extern unsigned long vectors_base;
+#define VECTORS_BASE		vectors_base
+#endif
+
 /*
  * The limitation of user task size can grow up to the end of free ram region.
  * It is difficult to define and perhaps will never meet the original meaning
@@ -111,8 +118,6 @@
 
 #endif /* !CONFIG_MMU */
 
-#define VECTORS_BASE		UL(0xffff0000)
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
 #define KERNEL_START		_sdata
 #else