diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
index 7fcad58e216d..69268014dd8e 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ SECTIONS
   .data           : {
     INIT_TASK_DATA(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE)
     . = ALIGN(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE);
-    *(.data.init_irqstack)
+    *(.data..init_irqstack)
     DATA_DATA
     *(.data.* .gnu.linkonce.d.*)
     SORT(CONSTRUCTORS)
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/init_task.c b/arch/um/kernel/init_task.c
index 8aa77b61a5ff..ddc9698b66ed 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/init_task.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/init_task.c
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ union thread_union init_thread_union __init_task_data =
 	{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
 
 union thread_union cpu0_irqstack
-	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_irqstack"))) =
+	__attribute__((__section__(".data..init_irqstack"))) =
 		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
index e7a6cca667aa..ec6378550671 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ SECTIONS
   {
     INIT_TASK_DATA(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE)
     . = ALIGN(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE);
-    *(.data.init_irqstack)
+    *(.data..init_irqstack)
     DATA_DATA
     *(.gnu.linkonce.d*)
     CONSTRUCTORS