diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index c4f5758c9dc7753b5f4aa9ab75f9adbc4def7631..0c1e6783657f26172291186637ea5d20a6966677 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ SECTIONS
 	_etext = .;
 
 	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
+
+	/* Start of data section */
+	_sdata = .;
+
 	.data1 : {
 		*(.data1)
 	}
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 1fafb4b99c9bb30c37e151a2db441e3cc9c5fb5f..6c2be60895590fe1b6596aa49362ee8a711af0e7 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ config SLUB_STATS
 config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
 	bool "Kernel memory leak detector"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL && !MEMORY_HOTPLUG && \
-		(X86 || ARM || PPC || S390 || SUPERH)
+		(X86 || ARM || PPC || S390 || SPARC64 || SUPERH)
 
 	select DEBUG_FS if SYSFS
 	select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT