diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5e1e74c9976c962c9031ccbd841643cb085e66e8..f908accd332b877338fdf92380bf52e3734f8cec 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1027,11 +1027,6 @@ prepare0: archprepare FORCE
 # All the preparing..
 prepare: prepare0
 
-# Leave this as default for preprocessing vmlinux.lds.S, which is now
-# done in arch/$(ARCH)/kernel/Makefile
-
-export CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds += -P -C -U$(ARCH)
-
 # The asm symlink changes when $(ARCH) changes.
 # Detect this and ask user to run make mrproper
 # If asm is a stale symlink (point to dir that does not exist) remove it
diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile
index 68c6ab0749daa3d02111c7fdfb7f69b13486a84a..c695fdac5b3061d945a9ab0291974f9389aea94b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux	:=-p --no-undefined -X
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8),y)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= --be8
 endif
-CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds = -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
+
 OBJCOPYFLAGS	:=-O binary -R .note -R .note.gnu.build-id -R .comment -S
 GZFLAGS		:=-9
 #KBUILD_CFLAGS	+=-pipe
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
index 3213c9382b171aa14e7f00d1c7ab86418a5ebef0..c446aeff7b893fb5764cc3716a6c81760cdee218 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 # Makefile for the linux kernel.
 #
 
-AFLAGS_head.o := -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
+CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds := -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
+AFLAGS_head.o        := -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
 
 ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_ftrace.o = -pg
diff --git a/arch/cris/Makefile b/arch/cris/Makefile
index 71e17d3eeddba6d8119378e414a4bc742a26a5d9..29c2ceb38a76dd05fb98e9728e53b2d0753df0df 100644
--- a/arch/cris/Makefile
+++ b/arch/cris/Makefile
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ LD = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ld -mcrislinux
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS := -O binary -R .note -R .comment -S
 
-CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds = -DDRAM_VIRTUAL_BASE=0x$(CONFIG_ETRAX_DRAM_VIRTUAL_BASE)
-
 KBUILD_AFLAGS += -mlinux -march=$(arch-y) $(inc)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mlinux -march=$(arch-y) -pipe $(inc)
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(inc)
diff --git a/arch/cris/kernel/Makefile b/arch/cris/kernel/Makefile
index ee7bcd4d20b270d0427b62f40c0895a9aa3eec77..b45640b3e6006cf3b5da0c5b5330534d7520fe3a 100644
--- a/arch/cris/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/cris/kernel/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Makefile for the linux kernel.
 #
 
+CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds := -DDRAM_VIRTUAL_BASE=0x$(CONFIG_ETRAX_DRAM_VIRTUAL_BASE)
 extra-y	:= vmlinux.lds
 
 obj-y   := process.o traps.o irq.o ptrace.o setup.o time.o sys_cris.o
diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index c825b14b4ed05427367a694194f5bc2a82a12d99..77f5021218d3e2dec0e5d30a3544cc64940a7a9c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -627,16 +627,6 @@ endif
 cflags-y			+= -I$(srctree)/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-generic
 drivers-$(CONFIG_PCI)		+= arch/mips/pci/
 
-ifdef CONFIG_32BIT
-ifdef CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-JIFFIES			= jiffies_64
-else
-JIFFIES			= jiffies_64 + 4
-endif
-else
-JIFFIES			= jiffies_64
-endif
-
 #
 # Automatically detect the build format. By default we choose
 # the elf format according to the load address.
@@ -660,8 +650,9 @@ ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
 endif
 
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= $(cflags-y)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(cflags-y) \
-			-D"VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS=$(load-y)"
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(cflags-y)
+KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -D"VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS=$(load-y)"
+KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -D"DATAOFFSET=$(if $(dataoffset-y),$(dataoffset-y),0)"
 
 LDFLAGS			+= -m $(ld-emul)
 
@@ -676,18 +667,6 @@ endif
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS		+= --remove-section=.reginfo
 
-#
-# Choosing incompatible machines durings configuration will result in
-# error messages during linking.  Select a default linkscript if
-# none has been choosen above.
-#
-
-CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds := \
-	$(KBUILD_CFLAGS) \
-	-D"LOADADDR=$(load-y)" \
-	-D"JIFFIES=$(JIFFIES)" \
-	-D"DATAOFFSET=$(if $(dataoffset-y),$(dataoffset-y),0)"
-
 head-y := arch/mips/kernel/head.o arch/mips/kernel/init_task.o
 
 libs-y			+= arch/mips/lib/
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 2769bed3d2afcb0af8b3ebb351ed39c5f5ba609a..9bf0e3df7c5a6191e6d322c3a431b662d739b931 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -10,7 +10,16 @@ PHDRS {
 	text PT_LOAD FLAGS(7);	/* RWX */
 	note PT_NOTE FLAGS(4);	/* R__ */
 }
-jiffies = JIFFIES;
+
+ifdef CONFIG_32BIT
+	ifdef CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+		jiffies  = jiffies_64;
+	else
+		jiffies  = jiffies_64 + 4;
+	endif
+else
+	jiffies  = jiffies_64;
+endif
 
 SECTIONS
 {
@@ -29,7 +38,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	/* . = 0xa800000000300000; */
 	. = 0xffffffff80300000;
 #endif
-	. = LOADADDR;
+	. = VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS;
 	/* read-only */
 	_text = .;	/* Text and read-only data */
 	.text : {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 13e3fd852d636302d26d24f0491dac32d44759c5..aacf629c1a9f87b3225a0d25877eb0486d4d8d5f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -158,8 +158,6 @@ drivers-$(CONFIG_OPROFILE)	+= arch/powerpc/oprofile/
 # Default to zImage, override when needed
 all: zImage
 
-CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds	:= -Upowerpc
-
 BOOT_TARGETS = zImage zImage.initrd uImage zImage% dtbImage% treeImage.% cuImage.% simpleImage.%
 
 PHONY += $(BOOT_TARGETS)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Makefile b/arch/sparc/Makefile
index 467221dd57024107f544a320fa99daefe2212b63..dfe272d1446592e11d3fac78f2e402dcd35f868e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sparc/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ export BITS    := 32
 #KBUILD_CFLAGS += -g -pipe -fcall-used-g5 -fcall-used-g7
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -m32 -pipe -mno-fpu -fcall-used-g5 -fcall-used-g7
 KBUILD_AFLAGS += -m32
-CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds += -m32
 
 #LDFLAGS_vmlinux = -N -Ttext 0xf0004000
 #  Since 2.5.40, the first stage is left not btfix-ed.
@@ -45,9 +44,6 @@ else
 
 CHECKFLAGS      += -D__sparc__ -D__sparc_v9__ -D__arch64__ -m64
 
-# Undefine sparc when processing vmlinux.lds - it is used
-# And teach CPP we are doing 64 bit builds (for this case)
-CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds += -m64 -Usparc
 LDFLAGS              := -m elf64_sparc
 export BITS          := 64
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/Makefile b/arch/sparc/kernel/Makefile
index 247cc620cee5a78598f7df43171d30de3b351bb0..96aad394cd3041e03ea14b0f2aaea190a9747e4e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ ccflags-y := -Werror
 
 extra-y     := head_$(BITS).o
 extra-y     += init_task.o
-extra-y     += vmlinux.lds
+
+# Undefine sparc when processing vmlinux.lds - it is used
+# And teach CPP we are doing $(BITS) builds (for this case)
+CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds := -Usparc -m$(BITS)
+extra-y              += vmlinux.lds
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPARC32)   += entry.o wof.o wuf.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPARC32)   += etrap_32.o
diff --git a/arch/um/Makefile b/arch/um/Makefile
index 0728def322342b8d0438cf4129893883f9daddea..fc633dbacf84b818e1f6ac64fff887852431526d 100644
--- a/arch/um/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/Makefile
@@ -96,11 +96,10 @@ CFLAGS_NO_HARDENING := $(call cc-option, -fno-PIC,) $(call cc-option, -fno-pic,)
 	$(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector,) \
 	$(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector-all,)
 
-CONFIG_KERNEL_STACK_ORDER ?= 2
-STACK_SIZE := $(shell echo $$[ 4096 * (1 << $(CONFIG_KERNEL_STACK_ORDER)) ] )
-
-CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds = -U$(SUBARCH) -DSTART=$(START) -DELF_ARCH=$(ELF_ARCH) \
-	-DELF_FORMAT="$(ELF_FORMAT)" -DKERNEL_STACK_SIZE=$(STACK_SIZE)
+# Options used by linker script
+export LDS_START      := $(START)
+export LDS_ELF_ARCH   := $(ELF_ARCH)
+export LDS_ELF_FORMAT := $(ELF_FORMAT)
 
 # The wrappers will select whether using "malloc" or the kernel allocator.
 LINK_WRAPS = -Wl,--wrap,malloc -Wl,--wrap,free -Wl,--wrap,calloc
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/Makefile b/arch/um/kernel/Makefile
index 388ec0a3ea9b0f57cfffe0ad14eb411934069df5..1119233597a1eb2f3ac26a22bb4a05183f32b9d9 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL
 #
 
+CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds := -U$(SUBARCH) -DSTART=$(LDS_START) \
+                        -DELF_ARCH=$(LDS_ELF_ARCH)        \
+                        -DELF_FORMAT=$(LDS_ELF_FORMAT)
 extra-y := vmlinux.lds
 clean-files :=
 
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index f8aeb448aab62ba76584f9c0e497e1897e490c6b..16e49bfa2b426c6a324b7102a877a0fb14e94a4e 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+
+KERNEL_STACK_SIZE = 4096 * (1 << CONFIG_KERNEL_STACK_ORDER);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_LD_SCRIPT_STATIC
 #include "uml.lds.S"
 #else
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile b/arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile
index fe3186de6a336abf59cfd2f72b63d1bbc78d4721..6f56d95f2c1ea48f6c9c522d503fc78109c9492b 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ sed-y = -e 's/(\(\.[a-z]*it\|\.ref\|\)\.text)/(\1.literal \1.text)/g'	\
 	-e 's/(\(\.text\.[a-z]*\))/(\1.literal \1)/g'
 
 quiet_cmd__cpp_lds_S = LDS     $@
-      cmd__cpp_lds_S = $(CPP) $(cpp_flags) -D__ASSEMBLY__ $< | sed $(sed-y) >$@
+      cmd__cpp_lds_S = $(CPP) $(cpp_flags) -P -C -Uxtensa -D__ASSEMBLY__ $< \
+                       | sed $(sed-y) >$@
 
 $(obj)/vmlinux.lds: $(src)/vmlinux.lds.S FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,_cpp_lds_S)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 6e41b3b6b154b1f1fc6a1f2261262c68beb5385c..d5425660a3df195d02d2942d079b4de79843d7a2 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -270,7 +270,8 @@ targets += $(extra-y) $(MAKECMDGOALS) $(always)
 # Linker scripts preprocessor (.lds.S -> .lds)
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 quiet_cmd_cpp_lds_S = LDS     $@
-      cmd_cpp_lds_S = $(CPP) $(cpp_flags) -D__ASSEMBLY__ -o $@ $<
+      cmd_cpp_lds_S = $(CPP) $(cpp_flags) -P -C -U$(ARCH) \
+	                     -D__ASSEMBLY__ -o $@ $<
 
 $(obj)/%.lds: $(src)/%.lds.S FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,cpp_lds_S)