diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index bf28043485f6e369a5ca836e4336b9df2e884cee..af411817dd7d5b20bab9123a4bc13e108fae08c1 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	swapper_pg_dir = SWAPPER_PGD;
 	_etext = .;	/* End of text section */
 
-	RODATA
+	RO_DATA(4096)
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
 
 	/* Will be freed after init */
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index fae077595756bbb52b612891e973cfe3d3f8901c..11d5115bc44d2378ba411fa65d5582475b3f92bd 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ SECTIONS {
 	code_continues2 : {
 	} :text
 
-	RODATA
+	RO_DATA(4096)
 
 	.opd : AT(ADDR(.opd) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__start_opd = .;
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index d008e50bb212a7284f44d17d6070a46a03672d0f..2299694748ea52896999c29a22d9e6282755b463 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ SECTIONS {
 	}
 
 	. = ALIGN(16);
-	RODATA
+	RO_DATA(4096)
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
 
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 91e566defc1689a78ebd4a96d45b0d1d121df9ab..a5f00ec73ea6e22c69b9d9039109d5d17927008c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 
 	_sdata = .;			/* Start of data section */
-	RODATA
+	RO_DATA(4096)
 
 	/* writeable */
 	.data : {	/* Data */
diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
index 91aca356095fb0fcfd83ee794928cd4c3f41570d..7145ce6999822613f7923ae936b9d70a85044de4 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   _sdata = .;
   PROVIDE (sdata = .);
 
-  RODATA
+  RO_DATA(4096)
 
   .unprotected : { *(.unprotected) }
   . = ALIGN(4096);
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index a0a8437456956a1788c27c67c8d6308ee6e9bc60..b97e5798b9cfa368dff40bad1ced32cad5956d8c 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
   . = ALIGN(16);
 
-  RODATA
+  RO_DATA(4096)
 
   /*  Relocation table */
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index dc3390ec6b60c8c3fc988ac6447c00c061af784d..a0a989fbe411aaea1c01d285249a340687b42f51 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -518,9 +518,7 @@
 	. = ALIGN((align));						\
 	__end_rodata = .;
 
-/* RODATA & RO_DATA provided for backward compatibility.
- * All archs are supposed to use RO_DATA() */
-#define RODATA          RO_DATA_SECTION(4096)
+/* All archs are supposed to use RO_DATA() */
 #define RO_DATA(align)  RO_DATA_SECTION(align)
 
 /*