diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/cris/arch-v10/vmlinux.lds.S
index 4b348b38cf333f9819776a817a4de43f618ded6d..9859d49d088bfb0c714bc71180279df06babf8b6 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	___data_start = . ;
 	__Sdata = . ;
 	.data : {                     /* Data */
-		*(.data)
+		DATA_DATA
 	}
 	__edata = . ;                 /* End of data section */
 	_edata = . ;
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/cris/arch-v32/vmlinux.lds.S
index dfa25e1542b91dec2a52a5f044c45589956c702f..e3a32ac17ab2c4747ffb8eb148b04c792f0f3995 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	___data_start = . ;
 	__Sdata = . ;
 	.data : {                     /* Data */
-		*(.data)
+		DATA_DATA
 	}
 	__edata = . ;		/* End of data section. */
 	_edata = . ;