diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/init_task.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/init_task.c
index 8e64ebc445ef8c158f8fd594ed424fd24efda6e6..62126e4cec54c53c2572a93d3bf4055fe22ba709 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/init_task.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/init_task.c
@@ -23,6 +23,5 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_task);
  * in etrap.S which assumes it.
  */
 union thread_union init_thread_union
-	__attribute__((section (".text\"\n\t#")))
-	__attribute__((aligned (THREAD_SIZE)))
+	__attribute__((section (".data.init_task")))
 	= { INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 4bfbeffb73208545989429ea020903dd918ab864..59c8d090920c8befa49339cdfcc654d561c6e564 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 /* ld script for sparc32/sparc64 kernel */
 
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
+
 #include <asm/page.h>
+#include <asm/thread_info.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARC32
 #define INITIAL_ADDRESS  0x10000 + SIZEOF_HEADERS
@@ -65,8 +67,15 @@ SECTIONS
 	.data.read_mostly : {
 		*(.data.read_mostly)
 	}
+	/* End of data section */
 	_edata = .;
 	PROVIDE (edata = .);
+
+	/* init_task */
+	. = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);
+	.data.init_task : {
+		*(.data.init_task)
+	}
 	.fixup : {
 		__start___fixup = .;
 		*(.fixup)