diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/head.S b/arch/m68k/kernel/head.S
index f513f530de91..86edb5fbcfc3 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/head.S
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ func_define	putn,1
 #endif
 .endm
 
-.section ".text.head","ax"
+__HEAD
 ENTRY(_stext)
 /*
  * Version numbers of the bootinfo interface
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/sun3-head.S b/arch/m68k/kernel/sun3-head.S
index aad01592dbbc..9e5c3e57c598 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/sun3-head.S
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/sun3-head.S
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ kernel_pmd_table:              .skip 0x2000
 .globl kernel_pg_dir
 .equ    kernel_pg_dir,kernel_pmd_table
 
-	.section .text.head
+	__HEAD
 ENTRY(_stext)
 ENTRY(_start)
 
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
index f846d4e3e5e1..01d212bb05a6 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SECTIONS
   . = 0x1000;
   _text = .;			/* Text and read-only data */
   .text : {
-	*(.text.head)
+	HEAD_TEXT
 	TEXT_TEXT
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
index d9368c0709ba..c192f773db96 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SECTIONS
   . = 0xE002000;
   _text = .;			/* Text and read-only data */
   .text : {
-	*(.text.head)
+	HEAD_TEXT
 	TEXT_TEXT
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT