diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/irq.c b/arch/sh/kernel/irq.c
index 60f8af4497c7..7cb933ba4957 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/irq.c
@@ -165,11 +165,9 @@ asmlinkage int do_IRQ(unsigned int irq, struct pt_regs *regs)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IRQSTACKS
-static char softirq_stack[NR_CPUS * THREAD_SIZE]
-		__attribute__((__section__(".bss.page_aligned")));
+static char softirq_stack[NR_CPUS * THREAD_SIZE] __page_aligned_bss;
 
-static char hardirq_stack[NR_CPUS * THREAD_SIZE]
-		__attribute__((__section__(".bss.page_aligned")));
+static char hardirq_stack[NR_CPUS * THREAD_SIZE] __page_aligned_bss;
 
 /*
  * allocate per-cpu stacks for hardirq and for softirq processing
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
index b766e8c7252d..1dac23958427 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ ENTRY(initial_code)
 /*
  * BSS section
  */
-.section ".bss.page_aligned","wa"
+__PAGE_ALIGNED_BSS
 	.align PAGE_SIZE_asm
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE
 swapper_pg_pmd:
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
index fa54f78e2a05..d0bc0a13a437 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ ENTRY(phys_base)
 ENTRY(idt_table)
 	.skip IDT_ENTRIES * 16
 
-	.section .bss.page_aligned, "aw", @nobits
+	__PAGE_ALIGNED_BSS
 	.align PAGE_SIZE
 ENTRY(empty_zero_page)
 	.skip PAGE_SIZE
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/head.S b/arch/xtensa/kernel/head.S
index d9ddc1ba761c..d215adcfd4ea 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/head.S
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ should_never_return:
  * BSS section
  */
 	
-.section ".bss.page_aligned", "w"
+__PAGE_ALIGNED_BSS
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 ENTRY(swapper_pg_dir)
 	.fill	PAGE_SIZE, 1, 0