diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/bootp/init.S b/arch/arm/boot/bootp/init.S
index 78b50807..868eeeaa 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/bootp/init.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/bootp/init.S
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *  size immediately following the kernel, we could build this into
  *  a binary blob, and concatenate the zImage using the cat command.
  */
-		.section .start,#alloc,#execinstr
+		.section .start, "ax"
 		.type	_start, #function
 		.globl	_start
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/big-endian.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/big-endian.S
index 25ab26f1..f22428e2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/big-endian.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/big-endian.S
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *  Author: Nicolas Pitre
  */
 
-	.section ".start", #alloc, #execinstr
+	.section ".start", "ax"
 
 	mrc	p15, 0, r0, c1, c0, 0	@ read control reg
 	orr	r0, r0, #(1 << 7)	@ enable big endian mode
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
index d2e45951..290a13ed 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 #endif
 		.endm
 
-		.section ".start", #alloc, #execinstr
+		.section ".start", "ax"
 /*
  * sort out different calling conventions
  */
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.lzma.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.lzma.S
index d7e69cff..cfea81ae 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.lzma.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.lzma.S
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-	.section .piggydata,#alloc
+	.section .piggydata, "a"
 	.globl	input_data
 input_data:
 	.incbin	"arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.lzma"
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
index 22ac2a6f..68744e1c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ __v7_setup_stack:
 	string	cpu_elf_name, "v7"
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc, #execinstr
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "ax"
 
 	/*
 	 * Standard v7 proc info content
