diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/init_task.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/init_task.c
index e253ab8..f9efe97 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/init_task.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/init_task.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  * Initial task structure.
  *
  * We need to make sure that this is properly aligned due to the way process stacks are
- * handled. This is done by having a special ".data.init_task" section...
+ * handled. This is done by having a special ".data..init_task" section...
  */
 #define init_thread_info	init_task_mem.s.thread_info
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 3229c06..136dcf3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -223,9 +223,7 @@
 #endif
 
 	/* The initial task and kernel stack */
-	.data.init_task : AT(ADDR(.data.init_task) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
-		INIT_TASK_DATA(THREAD_SIZE)
-	}
+	INIT_TASK_DATA_SECTION(THREAD_SIZE)
 
 	.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 78450aa..9cb9a90 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 
 #define INIT_TASK_DATA(align)						\
 	. = ALIGN(align);						\
-	*(.data.init_task)
+	*(.data..init_task)
 
 /*
  * Read only Data
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
  */
 #define INIT_TASK_DATA_SECTION(align)					\
 	. = ALIGN(align);						\
-	.data.init_task : {						\
+	.data..init_task : {						\
 		INIT_TASK_DATA(align)					\
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h
index abec69b..f00253b 100644
--- a/include/linux/init_task.h
+++ b/include/linux/init_task.h
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
 }
 
 /* Attach to the init_task data structure for proper alignment */
-#define __init_task_data __attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task")))
+#define __init_task_data __attribute__((__section__(".data..init_task")))
 
 
 #endif