diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 88ecea3facb4..ee2e2089483d 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
   _text = .;
   _stext = .;
-  _ftext = .;
 
   .text :
   {
@@ -112,7 +111,7 @@ SECTIONS
   EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
   /* Data section */
 
-  _fdata = .;
+  _sdata = .;
   RW_DATA_SECTION(XCHAL_ICACHE_LINESIZE, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
   _edata = .;
 
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/mm/init.c b/arch/xtensa/mm/init.c
index ba150e5de2eb..c82af58f60bc 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/mm/init.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 /* References to section boundaries */
 
-extern char _ftext, _etext, _fdata, _edata, _rodata_end;
+extern char _stext, _etext, _sdata, _edata, _rodata_end;
 extern char __init_begin, __init_end;
 
 /*
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 			reservedpages++;
 	}
 
-	codesize =  (unsigned long) &_etext - (unsigned long) &_ftext;
-	datasize =  (unsigned long) &_edata - (unsigned long) &_fdata;
+	codesize =  (unsigned long) &_etext - (unsigned long) &_stext;
+	datasize =  (unsigned long) &_edata - (unsigned long) &_sdata;
 	initsize =  (unsigned long) &__init_end - (unsigned long) &__init_begin;
 
 	printk("Memory: %luk/%luk available (%ldk kernel code, %ldk reserved, "