diff --git a/libavfilter/x86/avf_showcqt.asm b/libavfilter/x86/avf_showcqt.asm
index 16af0de9b0..f6190e93cc 100644
--- a/libavfilter/x86/avf_showcqt.asm
+++ b/libavfilter/x86/avf_showcqt.asm
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 %include "libavutil/x86/x86util.asm"
 
+SECTION .text
+
 %if ARCH_X86_64
 %define pointer resq
 %else