diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
index 51fc9fb6..14bbcfe9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 #endif
 		.endm
 
-		.section ".start", #alloc, #execinstr
+		.section ".start", "ax"
 /*
  * sort out different calling conventions
  */
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.S
index f7208849..74274a3b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.S
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-	.section .piggydata,#alloc
+	.section .piggydata,"a"
 	.globl	input_data
 input_data:
 	.incbin	"arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy_data"
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
index d00d52c9..ba729e65 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ __v7_setup_stack:
 	string	cpu_elf_name, "v7"
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "ax"
 
 	/*
 	 * Standard v7 proc info content
