diff --git a/arch/h8300/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/h8300/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 51ab6cbd030f58a9c439e9bc65849fd460d7b749..4a1e3dd43948df3d1a30fdf8db703a6abd825618 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/h8300/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ static void error(char *m);
 
 int puts(const char *);
 
-extern int _text;		/* Defined in vmlinux.lds.S */
 extern int _end;
 static unsigned long free_mem_ptr;
 static unsigned long free_mem_end_ptr;
diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 03d356d96e5d30b066480ad8db2358f21dbccee5..3253fed42ac1b433fcd35f8073fed8dd080f1d39 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -132,10 +132,12 @@ SECTIONS
         {
 	. = ALIGN(0x4) ;
 	__sbss = . ;
+	___bss_start = . ;
 		*(.bss*)
 	. = ALIGN(0x4) ;
 		*(COMMON)
 	. = ALIGN(0x4) ;
+	___bss_stop = . ;
 	__ebss = . ;
 	__end = . ;
 	__ramstart = .;