diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile
index c22c1adfedd6e604bdfa94bf76c598b982666706..6f7b29294c80fdc23370406db824056e918b8ee9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8),y)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= --be8
 endif
 
-OBJCOPYFLAGS	:=-O binary -R .note -R .note.gnu.build-id -R .comment -S
+OBJCOPYFLAGS	:=-O binary -R .comment -S
 GZFLAGS		:=-9
 #KBUILD_CFLAGS	+=-pipe
 # Explicitly specifiy 32-bit ARM ISA since toolchain default can be -mthumb:
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 86b66f3f203187c2b8f0bed5ec7ff096ca656967..558bd81a4fcee79e4e4e812d84b3aea0132e4528 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 #endif
 
+	NOTES
+
 	BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0)
 	_end = .;