diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 47583887abc6..15109c156e83 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
   __stop___ex_table = .;
 
+  NOTES
+
   . = ALIGN(4096);
   __init_begin = .;
   _sinittext = .;
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sparc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 481861764deb..b982fa3dd748 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
   __stop___ex_table = .;
 
+  NOTES
+
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
   __init_begin = .;
   .init.text : {