diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 481cfd40c0539e85297ed33366ec579041d95680..bc932c9b4272f1d10af165ce026503400c2f6119 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ SECTIONS
 		__stop___ex_table = .;
 	}
 
-	BUG_TABLE
-
 	RODATA
 
 	. = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 50b4a3a25d0af70dbfb59134aae12940cbd03f12..ff7d4ff4675a26ae198ee309061c0d638bd877d9 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	_etext = .;
 
 	RODATA
-	BUG_TABLE
 
 	/* writeable */
 	/* Make sure this is page aligned so
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 0c3000bf8d75d8919e20df3e44ba9a99d7bb7d14..53d57d17a894669baff94b7e0e30ece9a1acf6c4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	NOTES
 
-	BUG_TABLE
-
 /*
  * Init sections discarded at runtime
  */
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index b4607155e8d0b930c98b8a913d050a08d47b9e4a..76c1e60c92f3fae3e88d03eb9a299536288dee40 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	_etext = .;		/* End of text section */
 
 	NOTES :text :note
-	BUG_TABLE :text
 
 	RODATA
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
index c7113786ecd4c1158c461128880cfef650a31857..7b4b82bd1156bc8c373fb61fe4edce6ab82d6a4b 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	_etext = .;			/* End of text section */
 
-	BUG_TABLE
 	NOTES
 	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S
index d1e177009a4140ab0e86a47040fee7256b9a1e97..33fa464514060c041f7e3505e20e78d16e8736a9 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	_etext = .;			/* End of text section */
 
-	BUG_TABLE
 	NOTES 
 	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
index ce5ed083a1e905e463486e8f05e9125d2f41d157..aa0855471c797bde4ab6f7f1527a845c72a91a19 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
@@ -49,16 +49,14 @@ SECTIONS
   	_etext = .;			/* End of text section */
   } :text = 0x9090
 
+  NOTES :text :note
+
   . = ALIGN(16);		/* Exception table */
   __ex_table : AT(ADDR(__ex_table) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
   	__start___ex_table = .;
 	 *(__ex_table)
   	__stop___ex_table = .;
-  }
-
-  NOTES :text :note
-
-  BUG_TABLE :text
+  } :text = 0x9090
 
   . = ALIGN(4);
   .tracedata : AT(ADDR(.tracedata) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S
index fad3674b06a58f990cabab44bd61910f975a6682..d123747af1e44490917ad8023953d130981b95f8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ PHDRS {
 	data PT_LOAD FLAGS(7);	/* RWE */
 	user PT_LOAD FLAGS(7);	/* RWE */
 	data.init PT_LOAD FLAGS(7);	/* RWE */
-	note PT_NOTE FLAGS(4);	/* R__ */
+	note PT_NOTE FLAGS(0);	/* ___ */
 }
 SECTIONS
 {
@@ -40,16 +40,14 @@ SECTIONS
 	_etext = .;		/* End of text section */
   } :text = 0x9090
 
+  NOTES :text :note
+
   . = ALIGN(16);		/* Exception table */
   __ex_table : AT(ADDR(__ex_table) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
   	__start___ex_table = .;
 	 *(__ex_table)
   	__stop___ex_table = .;
-  }
-
-  NOTES :text :note
-
-  BUG_TABLE :text
+  } :text = 0x9090
 
   RODATA
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index f054778e916c08e0b1e7cc85dd028de15b21edb2..dd2cc8122ad85a55110f4743c3aeff1421a5ea5e 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
 		*(.rodata1)						\
 	}								\
 									\
+	BUG_TABLE							\
+									\
 	/* PCI quirks */						\
 	.pci_fixup        : AT(ADDR(.pci_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_pci_fixups_early) = .;		\
@@ -310,6 +312,7 @@
 		.stab.indexstr 0 : { *(.stab.indexstr) }		\
 		.comment 0 : { *(.comment) }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_BUG
 #define BUG_TABLE							\
 	. = ALIGN(8);							\
 	__bug_table : AT(ADDR(__bug_table) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
@@ -317,6 +320,9 @@
 		*(__bug_table)						\
 		__stop___bug_table = .;					\
 	}
+#else
+#define BUG_TABLE
+#endif
 
 #define NOTES								\
 	.notes : AT(ADDR(.notes) - LOAD_OFFSET) {			\