diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/init_task.c b/arch/arm/kernel/init_task.c
index a00cca0000b..bd4ef53bc6b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/init_task.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/init_task.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_mm);
  * The things we do for performance..
  */
 union thread_union init_thread_union
-	__attribute__((__section__(".init.task"))) =
+	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) =
 		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 6be67296f33..faf32de5c5a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		 * first, the init task union, aligned
 		 * to an 8192 byte boundary.
 		 */
-		*(.init.task)
+		*(.data.init_task)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
 		. = ALIGN(4096);