diff --git a/lib/libc/mips/Symbol.map b/lib/libc/mips/Symbol.map
index 9ee1d5fbd6a..b66a26cd91d 100644
--- a/lib/libc/mips/Symbol.map
+++ b/lib/libc/mips/Symbol.map
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ FBSD_1.0 {
 	/* PSEUDO syscalls */
 	_exit;
 
+	_mcount;
 	_setjmp;
 	_longjmp;
 	alloca;
diff --git a/sys/mips/include/profile.h b/sys/mips/include/profile.h
index 694ff41ff55..3f04e298c7c 100644
--- a/sys/mips/include/profile.h
+++ b/sys/mips/include/profile.h
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
 /*XXX This is not MIPS64 safe. */
 
 #define	MCOUNT \
-	__asm(".globl _mcount;"		\
+	__asm(".text;"			\
+	".globl _mcount;"		\
 	".type _mcount,@function;"	\
 	"_mcount:;"			\
 	".set noreorder;"		\