diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 992c25ad377f..0696402f446a 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -103,14 +103,14 @@ SECTIONS
   __machvec_end = .;
 
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-  __init_end = .;
-
-  . = ALIGN(4);
-  __bss_start = .;		/* BSS */
-  .bss : { *(.bss) }
-
-  . = ALIGN(4);
-  _end = . ;
+  .bss : {
+	__init_end = .;
+	__bss_start = .;		/* BSS */
+  	*(.bss.page_aligned)
+  	*(.bss)
+	. = ALIGN(4);
+	_end = . ;
+  }
 
   /* When something in the kernel is NOT compiled as a module, the
    * module cleanup code and data are put into these segments.  Both