diff --git a/kernel/irqstack.asm b/kernel/irqstack.asm
index 3105491..c9f67ce 100644
--- a/kernel/irqstack.asm
+++ b/kernel/irqstack.asm
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 %include "segs.inc"
 
-segment	_LOWTEXT
+segment	_IRQTEXT
 
 old_vectors     times 16 dd 0
 stack_size      dw      0
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ _init_stacks:
                 push    si
 
 
-		mov	ax,_LOWTEXT
+		mov	ax,LGROUP
 		mov	ds,ax
 
                 mov     bx, [bp+4]
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ _init_stacks:
                 xor     ax, ax
                 mov     ds, ax
 
-		mov	ax, _LOWTEXT
+		mov	ax, LGROUP
 		mov	es, ax
 
                 mov     di, old_vectors
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ set_vect:
 set_next:       mov     ax, dx
                 cli
                 stosw
-                mov     ax, _LOWTEXT
+                mov     ax, LGROUP
                 stosw
                 sti
                 add     dx, irq_1 - irq_0
diff --git a/kernel/segs.inc b/kernel/segs.inc
index ba6e123..a08ce71 100644
--- a/kernel/segs.inc
+++ b/kernel/segs.inc
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ CPU XCPU
 %endif
 
 group   PGROUP          PSP
-group   LGROUP          _LOWTEXT _IO_TEXT _IO_FIXED_DATA _TEXT
+group   LGROUP          _IRQTEXT _LOWTEXT _IO_TEXT _IO_FIXED_DATA _TEXT
 group   DGROUP          _FIXED_DATA _BSS _DATA _DATAEND CONST CONST2 DCONST DYN_DATA
 %ifdef WATCOM
 group   TGROUP          HMA_TEXT_START HMA_TEXT HMA_TEXT_END INIT_TEXT_START INIT_TEXT INIT_TEXT_END
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ group   I_GROUP         ID_B ID ID_E IC IDATA IB_B IB IB_E
 %endif
 
 segment PSP             class=PSP
+segment	_IRQTEXT	class=LCODE
 segment	_LOWTEXT	class=LCODE
 segment	_IO_TEXT	class=LCODE
 segment	_IO_FIXED_DATA	class=LCODE align=2