2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
index 3213c9382b17..c446aeff7b89 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 # Makefile for the linux kernel.
 #
 
-AFLAGS_head.o := -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
+CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds := -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
+AFLAGS_head.o        := -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
 
 ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_ftrace.o = -pg
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/init_task.c b/arch/arm/kernel/init_task.c
index 3f470866bb89..e7cbb50dc356 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/init_task.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/init_task.c
@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ static struct sighand_struct init_sighand = INIT_SIGHAND(init_sighand);
  *
  * The things we do for performance..
  */
-union thread_union init_thread_union
-        __attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) =
-                { INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
+union thread_union init_thread_union __init_task_data =
+        { INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
 
 /*
  * Initial task structure.