diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
index 98424f33e077..de14973e47fd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
@@ -189,16 +189,18 @@ SECTIONS
 	*(.bss)
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 	__bss_stop = .;
+  }
 
+  .brk : AT(ADDR(.brk) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	__brk_base = . ;
-	. += 64 * 1024 ;	/* 64k slop space */
+ 	. += 64 * 1024 ;	/* 64k alignment slop space */
 	*(.brk_reservation)	/* areas brk users have reserved */
 	__brk_limit = . ;
-
-  	_end = . ;
   }
 
+  _end = . ;
+
   /* Sections to be discarded */
   /DISCARD/ : {
 	*(.exitcall.exit)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S
index 7996687663a2..c8742507b030 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S
@@ -247,10 +247,12 @@ SECTIONS
 	*(.bss.page_aligned)
 	*(.bss)
 	__bss_stop = .;
+  }
 
+  .brk : AT(ADDR(.brk) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	__brk_base = . ;
-	. += 64 * 1024;		/* 64k slop space */
+ 	. += 64 * 1024 ;	/* 64k alignment slop space */
 	*(.brk_reservation)	/* areas brk users have reserved */
 	__brk_limit = . ;
   }