diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index a81176f44c74d4e39be2eaf8d939ccdf1aa5157b..924da5eb7031498ea93dc050a7492aa78f5bb0ec 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	RODATA
 
 	/* writeable */
-	_sdata = .;				/* Start of data section */
 	.data : {	/* Data */
 		. = . + DATAOFFSET;		/* for CONFIG_MAPPED_KERNEL */