diff --git a/arch/score/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/score/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index eebcbaa4e9783b1685c856fa794c63123344131a..7274b5c4287ee4cbaad56a1eb41ad43a0d90c047 100644
--- a/arch/score/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/score/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 
 	. = ALIGN(16);
+	_sdata =  .;			/* Start of data section */
 	RODATA
 
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)