2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/head.S b/arch/alpha/kernel/head.S
index 7ac1f1372c36..4bdd1d2ff353 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/head.S
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
  * the kernel global pointer and jump to the kernel entry-point.
  */
 
+#include <linux/init.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
 
-.section .text.head, "ax"
+__HEAD
 .globl swapper_pg_dir
 .globl _stext
 swapper_pg_dir=SWAPPER_PGD
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index ef37fc1acaea..b9d6568e5f7f 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
         _text = .;      /* Text and read-only data */
         .text : {
-        *(.text.head)
+                HEAD_TEXT
                 TEXT_TEXT
                 SCHED_TEXT
                 LOCK_TEXT