diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 568caca877156d354c3c2e20e43c7f91e756d5d9..23e8614edeee42e10728364f386a49976ced06ff 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jiffies = jiffies_64;
 PHDRS {
 	text PT_LOAD FLAGS(5);	/* R_E */
 	data PT_LOAD FLAGS(7);	/* RWE */
-	note PT_NOTE FLAGS(4);	/* R__ */
+	note PT_NOTE FLAGS(0);	/* ___ */
 }
 SECTIONS
 {
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 9fcc8d9fbb14e85250d9e4e610a773bcde39932d..f3806a74c4784c8097d58402fc7e3cbc642888d7 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
 	}
 
 #define NOTES								\
-		.notes : { *(.note.*) } :note
+	.notes : { *(.note.*) } :note
 
 #define INITCALLS							\
   	*(.initcall0.init)						\
diff --git a/include/linux/elfnote.h b/include/linux/elfnote.h
index 67396db141e8dad1efba423c02996832cf6aad59..9a1e0674e56ce6760d5088718d468981687f3c08 100644
--- a/include/linux/elfnote.h
+++ b/include/linux/elfnote.h
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@
  *      ELFNOTE(XYZCo, 12, .long, 0xdeadbeef)
  */
 #define ELFNOTE(name, type, desctype, descdata)	\
-.pushsection .note.name			;	\
+.pushsection .note.name, "",@note	;	\
   .align 4				;	\
   .long 2f - 1f		/* namesz */	;	\
   .long 4f - 3f		/* descsz */	;	\
   .long type				;	\
-1:.asciz "name"				;	\
+1:.asciz #name				;	\
 2:.align 4				;	\
 3:desctype descdata			;	\
 4:.align 4				;	\