diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index 393103b8abe4..76708280b04a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds = -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
 GZFLAGS		:=-9
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE),)
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux		+= -pie
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux		+= -pie -Bsymbolic
 endif
 
 KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := defconfig
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 2c6e598a94dc..b77f58355da1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -781,40 +781,25 @@ __primary_switch:
 	 * Iterate over each entry in the relocation table, and apply the
 	 * relocations in place.
 	 */
-	ldr	w8, =__dynsym_offset		// offset to symbol table
 	ldr	w9, =__rela_offset		// offset to reloc table
 	ldr	w10, =__rela_size		// size of reloc table
 
 	mov_q	x11, KIMAGE_VADDR		// default virtual offset
 	add	x11, x11, x23			// actual virtual offset
-	add	x8, x8, x11			// __va(.dynsym)
 	add	x9, x9, x11			// __va(.rela)
 	add	x10, x9, x10			// __va(.rela) + sizeof(.rela)
 
 0:	cmp	x9, x10
-	b.hs	2f
+	b.hs	1f
 	ldp	x11, x12, [x9], #24
 	ldr	x13, [x9, #-8]
 	cmp	w12, #R_AARCH64_RELATIVE
-	b.ne	1f
+	b.ne	0b
 	add	x13, x13, x23			// relocate
 	str	x13, [x11, x23]
 	b	0b
 
-1:	cmp	w12, #R_AARCH64_ABS64
-	b.ne	0b
-	add	x12, x12, x12, lsl #1		// symtab offset: 24x top word
-	add	x12, x8, x12, lsr #(32 - 3)	// ... shifted into bottom word
-	ldrsh	w14, [x12, #6]			// Elf64_Sym::st_shndx
-	ldr	x15, [x12, #8]			// Elf64_Sym::st_value
-	cmp	w14, #-0xf			// SHN_ABS (0xfff1) ?
-	add	x14, x15, x23			// relocate
-	csel	x15, x14, x15, ne
-	add	x15, x13, x15
-	str	x15, [x11, x23]
-	b	0b
-
-2:
+1:
 #endif
 	ldr	x8, =__primary_switched
 	br	x8
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index d49492179967..659963d40bb4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.discard)
 		*(.discard.*)
 		*(.interp .dynamic)
+		*(.dynsym .dynstr .hash)
 	}
 
 	. = KIMAGE_VADDR + TEXT_OFFSET;
@@ -174,19 +175,9 @@ SECTIONS
 	.rela : ALIGN(8) {
 		*(.rela .rela*)
 	}
-	.dynsym : ALIGN(8) {
-		*(.dynsym)
-	}
-	.dynstr : {
-		*(.dynstr)
-	}
-	.hash : {
-		*(.hash)
-	}
 
 	__rela_offset	= ABSOLUTE(ADDR(.rela) - KIMAGE_VADDR);
 	__rela_size	= SIZEOF(.rela);
-	__dynsym_offset	= ABSOLUTE(ADDR(.dynsym) - KIMAGE_VADDR);
 
 	. = ALIGN(SEGMENT_ALIGN);
 	__init_end = .;