diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 1295ba327f6f..7fb1198611fe 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ SECTIONS
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
   __init_end = .;
 
-  .data.page_aligned : AT(ADDR(.data.page_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET)
+  .data..page_aligned : AT(ADDR(.data..page_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET)
         {
 	PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 	  . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 136dcf3ce7bd..951e6c5b2c8e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	/* The initial task and kernel stack */
 	INIT_TASK_DATA_SECTION(THREAD_SIZE)
 
-	.data.page_aligned : AT(ADDR(.data.page_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+	.data..page_aligned : AT(ADDR(.data..page_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 9cb9a9021e6e..569c25a85558 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
 
 #define PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA(page_align)					\
 	. = ALIGN(page_align);						\
-	*(.data.page_aligned)
+	*(.data..page_aligned)
 
 #define READ_MOSTLY_DATA(align)						\
 	. = ALIGN(align);						\
diff --git a/include/linux/linkage.h b/include/linux/linkage.h
index 5126cceb6ae9..05f4406d5995 100644
--- a/include/linux/linkage.h
+++ b/include/linux/linkage.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # define asmregparm
 #endif
 
-#define __page_aligned_data	__section(.data.page_aligned) __aligned(PAGE_SIZE)
+#define __page_aligned_data	__section(.data..page_aligned) __aligned(PAGE_SIZE)
 #define __page_aligned_bss	__section(.bss.page_aligned) __aligned(PAGE_SIZE)
 
 /*
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  * Note when using these that you must specify the appropriate
  * alignment directives yourself
  */
-#define __PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA	.section ".data.page_aligned", "aw"
+#define __PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA	.section ".data..page_aligned", "aw"
 #define __PAGE_ALIGNED_BSS	.section ".bss.page_aligned", "aw"
 
 /*