diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/realmode/wakeup.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/realmode/wakeup.lds.S
index 0e50e1e5c573..7da00b799cda 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/realmode/wakeup.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/realmode/wakeup.lds.S
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	/DISCARD/ : {
 		*(.note*)
 	}
-}
 
-ASSERT(_end <= WAKEUP_SIZE, "Wakeup too big!");
+	. = ASSERT(_end <= WAKEUP_SIZE, "Wakeup too big!");
+}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 8d6001ad8d8d..92929fb3f9fa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -305,8 +305,8 @@ SECTIONS
 
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-ASSERT((_end - LOAD_OFFSET <= KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE),
-       "kernel image bigger than KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE");
+. = ASSERT((_end - LOAD_OFFSET <= KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE),
+	   "kernel image bigger than KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE");
 #else
 /*
  * Per-cpu symbols which need to be offset from __per_cpu_load
@@ -319,12 +319,12 @@ INIT_PER_CPU(irq_stack_union);
 /*
  * Build-time check on the image size:
  */
-ASSERT((_end - _text <= KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE),
-       "kernel image bigger than KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE");
+. = ASSERT((_end - _text <= KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE),
+	   "kernel image bigger than KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE");
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-ASSERT((per_cpu__irq_stack_union == 0),
-       "irq_stack_union is not at start of per-cpu area");
+. = ASSERT((per_cpu__irq_stack_union == 0),
+           "irq_stack_union is not at start of per-cpu area");
 #endif
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_X86_32 */
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ ASSERT((per_cpu__irq_stack_union == 0),
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
 #include <asm/kexec.h>
 
-ASSERT(kexec_control_code_size <= KEXEC_CONTROL_CODE_MAX_SIZE,
-       "kexec control code size is too big");
+. = ASSERT(kexec_control_code_size <= KEXEC_CONTROL_CODE_MAX_SIZE,
+           "kexec control code size is too big");
 #endif
+