diff --git a/arch/sh/boot/compressed/vmlinux.scr b/arch/sh/boot/compressed/vmlinux.scr
index f02382ae5c48b1cd319a4cb1e755fa060f03cfdc..862d748082369a24eee471b493c4b07d3220ed36 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boot/compressed/vmlinux.scr
+++ b/arch/sh/boot/compressed/vmlinux.scr
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SECTIONS
 {
-  .rodata.compressed : {
+  .rodata..compressed : {
 	input_len = .;
 	LONG(input_data_end - input_data) input_data = .;
 	*(.data)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c
index bcbd36c414321257217cfefdc1520f1ba924d273..5c228129d175779976b1985f8af86c5b9d80a668 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	offs += 32*1024 + 18;	/* Add 32K + 18 bytes slack */
 	offs = (offs+4095) & ~4095; /* Round to a 4K boundary */
 
-	printf(".section \".rodata.compressed\",\"a\",@progbits\n");
+	printf(".section \".rodata..compressed\",\"a\",@progbits\n");
 	printf(".globl z_input_len\n");
 	printf("z_input_len = %lu\n", ilen);
 	printf(".globl z_output_len\n");
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
index a6f1a59a5b0cc491e772eb04d2d1570d9e32bf85..5ddabceee12408d55f22b6412bbd4617dc684c55 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ SECTIONS
 		HEAD_TEXT
 		_ehead = . ;
 	}
-	.rodata.compressed : {
-		*(.rodata.compressed)
+	.rodata..compressed : {
+		*(.rodata..compressed)
 	}
 	.text :	{
 		_text = .; 	/* Text */