diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index bf28043485f6..af411817dd7d 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	swapper_pg_dir = SWAPPER_PGD;
 	_etext = .;	/* End of text section */
 
-	RODATA
+	RO_DATA(4096)
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
 
 	/* Will be freed after init */
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index fae077595756..11d5115bc44d 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ SECTIONS {
 	code_continues2 : {
 	} :text
 
-	RODATA
+	RO_DATA(4096)
 
 	.opd : AT(ADDR(.opd) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__start_opd = .;
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index d008e50bb212..2299694748ea 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ SECTIONS {
 	}
 
 	. = ALIGN(16);
-	RODATA
+	RO_DATA(4096)
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
 
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 91e566defc16..a5f00ec73ea6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 
 	_sdata = .;			/* Start of data section */
-	RODATA
+	RO_DATA(4096)
 
 	/* writeable */
 	.data : {	/* Data */
diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
index 91aca356095f..7145ce699982 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   _sdata = .;
   PROVIDE (sdata = .);
 
-  RODATA
+  RO_DATA(4096)
 
   .unprotected : { *(.unprotected) }
   . = ALIGN(4096);
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index a0a843745695..b97e5798b9cf 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
   . = ALIGN(16);
 
-  RODATA
+  RO_DATA(4096)
 
   /*  Relocation table */
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index dc3390ec6b60..a0a989fbe411 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -518,9 +518,7 @@
 	. = ALIGN((align));						\
 	__end_rodata = .;
 
-/* RODATA & RO_DATA provided for backward compatibility.
- * All archs are supposed to use RO_DATA() */
-#define RODATA          RO_DATA_SECTION(4096)
+/* All archs are supposed to use RO_DATA() */
 #define RO_DATA(align)  RO_DATA_SECTION(align)
 
 /*