diff --git a/arch/i386/mm/init.c b/arch/i386/mm/init.c
index dc5d8979cd647b11f2a48dac27ef7ef70a4c7188..89e8486aac3499f3f39b35f5268df100b95285ad 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mm/init.c
@@ -725,16 +725,15 @@ static int noinline do_test_wp_bit(void)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
 
-extern char __start_rodata, __end_rodata;
 void mark_rodata_ro(void)
 {
-	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)&__start_rodata;
+	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)__start_rodata;
 
-	for (; addr < (unsigned long)&__end_rodata; addr += PAGE_SIZE)
+	for (; addr < (unsigned long)__end_rodata; addr += PAGE_SIZE)
 		change_page_attr(virt_to_page(addr), 1, PAGE_KERNEL_RO);
 
-	printk ("Write protecting the kernel read-only data: %luk\n",
-			(unsigned long)(&__end_rodata - &__start_rodata) >> 10);
+	printk("Write protecting the kernel read-only data: %uk\n",
+			(__end_rodata - __start_rodata) >> 10);
 
 	/*
 	 * change_page_attr() requires a global_flush_tlb() call after it.
diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
index b64602a99d8972f92ede87f71007ca00ef30f5f7..f2b96f1e0da75f731e9ae628b1db605cb755cd43 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 #include <asm/pdc_chassis.h>
 #include <asm/mmzone.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct mmu_gather, mmu_gathers);
 
@@ -417,11 +418,10 @@ void free_initmem(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
 void mark_rodata_ro(void)
 {
-	extern char __start_rodata, __end_rodata;
 	/* rodata memory was already mapped with KERNEL_RO access rights by
            pagetable_init() and map_pages(). No need to do additional stuff here */
 	printk (KERN_INFO "Write protecting the kernel read-only data: %luk\n",
-		(unsigned long)(&__end_rodata - &__start_rodata) >> 10);
+		(unsigned long)(__end_rodata - __start_rodata) >> 10);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c b/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
index 72f140f81b70bfdc0d8b570b4be21a56557ee86c..d14fb2dfbfc4a742b399882482a877b9c2db9428 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
@@ -678,16 +678,15 @@ void free_initmem(void)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
 
-extern char __start_rodata, __end_rodata;
 void mark_rodata_ro(void)
 {
-	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)&__start_rodata;
+	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)__start_rodata;
 
-	for (; addr < (unsigned long)&__end_rodata; addr += PAGE_SIZE)
+	for (; addr < (unsigned long)__end_rodata; addr += PAGE_SIZE)
 		change_page_attr_addr(addr, 1, PAGE_KERNEL_RO);
 
 	printk ("Write protecting the kernel read-only data: %luk\n",
-			(&__end_rodata - &__start_rodata) >> 10);
+			(__end_rodata - __start_rodata) >> 10);
 
 	/*
 	 * change_page_attr_addr() requires a global_flush_tlb() call after it.
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/sections.h b/include/asm-generic/sections.h
index 0b49f9e070f14ac2ac780e0b7e4170d7677ed399..962cad7cfbbda0849cc68380b43c2da97643f23c 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/sections.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/sections.h
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ extern char _end[];
 extern char __per_cpu_start[], __per_cpu_end[];
 extern char __kprobes_text_start[], __kprobes_text_end[];
 extern char __initdata_begin[], __initdata_end[];
+extern char __start_rodata[], __end_rodata[];
 
 #endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_SECTIONS_H_ */