diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.c b/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.c
index 7ad20cfb48a821b117d5c25d55b002b978f5059c..e7f72c995a3251361a912521537455ca16de9f11 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ SECTIONS
 			_einittext = .;
 		. = ALIGN(4);
 		__tagtable_begin = .;
-			*(.taglist)
+			*(.taglist.init)
 		__tagtable_end = .;
 			*(.init.data)
 		. = ALIGN(16);
diff --git a/include/asm-avr32/setup.h b/include/asm-avr32/setup.h
index 1ff1a217015d85d2e6eaedf8bcc5af61acd0a41f..b0828d43e110c93f27b65adf593fc0c40e58a676 100644
--- a/include/asm-avr32/setup.h
+++ b/include/asm-avr32/setup.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ struct tagtable {
 	int	(*parse)(struct tag *);
 };
 
-#define __tag __attribute_used__ __attribute__((__section__(".taglist")))
+#define __tag __attribute_used__ __attribute__((__section__(".taglist.init")))
 #define __tagtable(tag, fn)						\
 	static struct tagtable __tagtable_##fn __tag = { tag, fn }