diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 4c85b2e2bb65..367e87882041 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	/* Data */
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	.data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+		/* Start of data section */
+		_sdata = .;
 		DATA_DATA
 		CONSTRUCTORS