diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
index 6825c34646d4..9be21ba648cd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -1084,6 +1084,6 @@ memdump:	mov	r12, r0
 reloc_end:
 
 		.align
-		.section ".stack", "w"
+		.section ".stack", "aw", %nobits
 user_stack:	.space	4096
 user_stack_end:
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
index d08168941bd6..366a924019ac 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ SECTIONS
   .bss			: { *(.bss) }
   _end = .;
 
-  .stack (NOLOAD)	: { *(.stack) }
+  .stack		: { *(.stack) }
 
   .stab 0		: { *(.stab) }
   .stabstr 0		: { *(.stabstr) }