diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/init_task.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/init_task.c
index d020eae6525c4a200e9bcab86b6b8beb3e2ef5b3..4a91e433416f17b4f0df48a7e66035cde928303f 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/init_task.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/init_task.c
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ union thread_union init_thread_union __init_task_data
  * guarantee that global objects will be laid out in memory in the same order 
  * as the order of declaration, so put these in different sections and use
  * the linker script to order them. */
-pmd_t pmd0[PTRS_PER_PMD] __attribute__ ((__section__ (".data.vm0.pmd"), aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
+pmd_t pmd0[PTRS_PER_PMD] __attribute__ ((__section__ (".data..vm0.pmd"), aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
 #endif
 
-pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD] __attribute__ ((__section__ (".data.vm0.pgd"), aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
-pte_t pg0[PT_INITIAL * PTRS_PER_PTE] __attribute__ ((__section__ (".data.vm0.pte"), aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
+pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD] __attribute__ ((__section__ (".data..vm0.pgd"), aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
+pte_t pg0[PT_INITIAL * PTRS_PER_PTE] __attribute__ ((__section__ (".data..vm0.pte"), aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
 
 /*
  * Initial task structure.
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 9dab4a4e09f7af86d5dbe6a5a8e129393d619a42..33ec31ddb06df6418a7e2e1bcd11397711cb9eab 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ SECTIONS
 	__bss_start = .;
 	/* page table entries need to be PAGE_SIZE aligned */
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	.data.vmpages : {
-		*(.data.vm0.pmd)
-		*(.data.vm0.pgd)
-		*(.data.vm0.pte)
+	.data..vmpages : {
+		*(.data..vm0.pmd)
+		*(.data..vm0.pgd)
+		*(.data..vm0.pte)
 	}
 	.bss : {
 		*(.bss)