diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.gzip.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.gzip.S
index a68adf91a16..175ed02a6ac 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.gzip.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.gzip.S
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-	.section .piggydata,#alloc
+	.section .piggydata, "a"
 	.globl	input_data
 input_data:
 	.incbin	"arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.gzip"
