diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 57b1b6811b61e656e41c5a687e58f9cc20159c79..fe77e3395b40b0544ff9f939524ead2cb2263aba 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS
-#define TRACE_SYSCALLS() VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_syscalls_metadata) = .;	\
+#define TRACE_SYSCALLS() . = ALIGN(8);					\
+			 VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_syscalls_metadata) = .;	\
 			 *(__syscalls_metadata)				\
 			 VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop_syscalls_metadata) = .;
 #else
@@ -175,10 +176,7 @@
 	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___verbose) = .;				\
 	LIKELY_PROFILE()		       				\
 	BRANCH_PROFILE()						\
-	TRACE_PRINTKS()							\
-									\
-	STRUCT_ALIGN();							\
-	TRACE_SYSCALLS()
+	TRACE_PRINTKS()
 
 /*
  * Data section helpers
@@ -483,6 +481,7 @@
 	*(.init.rodata)							\
 	MCOUNT_REC()							\
 	FTRACE_EVENTS()							\
+	TRACE_SYSCALLS()						\
 	DEV_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
 	CPU_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
 	MEM_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 45508fec366da79e243ecd59abbcbc6ec6ad2661..98664db1be472f42183faba02175c61afe5cb049 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ extern struct trace_event_functions enter_syscall_print_funcs;
 extern struct trace_event_functions exit_syscall_print_funcs;
 
 #define SYSCALL_TRACE_ENTER_EVENT(sname)				\
-	static struct syscall_metadata					\
-	__attribute__((__aligned__(4))) __syscall_meta_##sname;		\
+	static struct syscall_metadata __syscall_meta_##sname;		\
 	static struct ftrace_event_call __used				\
 	  event_enter_##sname = {					\
 		.name                   = "sys_enter"#sname,		\
@@ -140,8 +139,7 @@ extern struct trace_event_functions exit_syscall_print_funcs;
 	__TRACE_EVENT_FLAGS(enter_##sname, TRACE_EVENT_FL_CAP_ANY)
 
 #define SYSCALL_TRACE_EXIT_EVENT(sname)					\
-	static struct syscall_metadata					\
-	__attribute__((__aligned__(4))) __syscall_meta_##sname;		\
+	static struct syscall_metadata __syscall_meta_##sname;		\
 	static struct ftrace_event_call __used				\
 	  event_exit_##sname = {					\
 		.name                   = "sys_exit"#sname,		\
@@ -158,8 +156,6 @@ extern struct trace_event_functions exit_syscall_print_funcs;
 	SYSCALL_TRACE_ENTER_EVENT(sname);			\
 	SYSCALL_TRACE_EXIT_EVENT(sname);			\
 	static struct syscall_metadata __used			\
-	  __attribute__((__aligned__(4)))			\
-	  __attribute__((section("__syscalls_metadata")))	\
 	  __syscall_meta_##sname = {				\
 		.name 		= "sys"#sname,			\
 		.nb_args 	= nb,				\
@@ -168,14 +164,15 @@ extern struct trace_event_functions exit_syscall_print_funcs;
 		.enter_event	= &event_enter_##sname,		\
 		.exit_event	= &event_exit_##sname,		\
 		.enter_fields	= LIST_HEAD_INIT(__syscall_meta_##sname.enter_fields), \
-	};
+	};							\
+	static struct syscall_metadata __used			\
+	  __attribute__((section("__syscalls_metadata")))	\
+	 *__p_syscall_meta_##sname = &__syscall_meta_##sname;
 
 #define SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sname)					\
 	SYSCALL_TRACE_ENTER_EVENT(_##sname);			\
 	SYSCALL_TRACE_EXIT_EVENT(_##sname);			\
 	static struct syscall_metadata __used			\
-	  __attribute__((__aligned__(4)))			\
-	  __attribute__((section("__syscalls_metadata")))	\
 	  __syscall_meta__##sname = {				\
 		.name 		= "sys_"#sname,			\
 		.nb_args 	= 0,				\
@@ -183,6 +180,9 @@ extern struct trace_event_functions exit_syscall_print_funcs;
 		.exit_event	= &event_exit__##sname,		\
 		.enter_fields	= LIST_HEAD_INIT(__syscall_meta__##sname.enter_fields), \
 	};							\
+	static struct syscall_metadata __used			\
+	  __attribute__((section("__syscalls_metadata")))	\
+	 *__p_syscall_meta_##sname = &__syscall_meta__##sname;	\
 	asmlinkage long sys_##sname(void)
 #else
 #define SYSCALL_DEFINE0(name)	   asmlinkage long sys_##name(void)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index b706529b4fc7588f33b9e779db8179f56e786980..5c9fe08d209336e3e0ac1956e56c9a6910a29bfb 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -55,20 +55,21 @@ struct ftrace_event_class event_class_syscall_exit = {
 	.raw_init	= init_syscall_trace,
 };
 
-extern unsigned long __start_syscalls_metadata[];
-extern unsigned long __stop_syscalls_metadata[];
+extern struct syscall_metadata *__start_syscalls_metadata[];
+extern struct syscall_metadata *__stop_syscalls_metadata[];
 
 static struct syscall_metadata **syscalls_metadata;
 
-static struct syscall_metadata *find_syscall_meta(unsigned long syscall)
+static __init struct syscall_metadata *
+find_syscall_meta(unsigned long syscall)
 {
-	struct syscall_metadata *start;
-	struct syscall_metadata *stop;
+	struct syscall_metadata **start;
+	struct syscall_metadata **stop;
 	char str[KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN];
 
 
-	start = (struct syscall_metadata *)__start_syscalls_metadata;
-	stop = (struct syscall_metadata *)__stop_syscalls_metadata;
+	start = __start_syscalls_metadata;
+	stop = __stop_syscalls_metadata;
 	kallsyms_lookup(syscall, NULL, NULL, NULL, str);
 
 	for ( ; start < stop; start++) {
@@ -78,8 +79,8 @@ static struct syscall_metadata *find_syscall_meta(unsigned long syscall)
 		 * with "SyS" instead of "sys", leading to an unwanted
 		 * mismatch.
 		 */
-		if (start->name && !strcmp(start->name + 3, str + 3))
-			return start;
+		if ((*start)->name && !strcmp((*start)->name + 3, str + 3))
+			return *start;
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }