diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 08d12cfaf091..f0414f52817b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	.init.text : AT(ADDR(.init.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
-		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(_sinittext) = . ;
+		_sinittext = .;
 		INIT_TEXT
 		. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(_einittext) = . ;
+		_einittext = .;
 	}
 
 	/*