diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index b5a76bcd95a6..0c3000bf8d75 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ SECTIONS
  */
 
 	/* Text and gots */
-	.text : {
+	.text : AT(ADDR(.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		ALIGN_FUNCTION();
 		*(.text.head)
 		_text = .;
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	RODATA
 
 	/* Exception & bug tables */
-	__ex_table : {
+	__ex_table : AT(ADDR(__ex_table) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__start___ex_table = .;
 		*(__ex_table)
 		__stop___ex_table = .;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	__init_begin = .;
 
-	.init.text : {
+	.init.text : AT(ADDR(.init.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		_sinittext = .;
 		INIT_TEXT
 		_einittext = .;
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ SECTIONS
 	/* .exit.text is discarded at runtime, not link time,
 	 * to deal with references from __bug_table
 	 */
-	.exit.text : {
+	.exit.text : AT(ADDR(.exit.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		EXIT_TEXT
 	}
 
-	.init.data : {
+	.init.data : AT(ADDR(.init.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		INIT_DATA
 		__vtop_table_begin = .;
 		*(.vtop_fixup);
@@ -101,19 +101,19 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 
 	. = ALIGN(16);
-	.init.setup : {
+	.init.setup : AT(ADDR(.init.setup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__setup_start = .;
 		*(.init.setup)
 		__setup_end = .;
 	}
 
-	.initcall.init : {
+	.initcall.init : AT(ADDR(.initcall.init) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__initcall_start = .;
 		INITCALLS
 		__initcall_end = .;
 		}
 
-	.con_initcall.init : {
+	.con_initcall.init : AT(ADDR(.con_initcall.init) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__con_initcall_start = .;
 		*(.con_initcall.init)
 		__con_initcall_end = .;
@@ -122,14 +122,14 @@ SECTIONS
 	SECURITY_INIT
 
 	. = ALIGN(8);
-	__ftr_fixup : {
+	__ftr_fixup : AT(ADDR(__ftr_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__start___ftr_fixup = .;
 		*(__ftr_fixup)
 		__stop___ftr_fixup = .;
 	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 	. = ALIGN(8);
-	__fw_ftr_fixup : {
+	__fw_ftr_fixup : AT(ADDR(__fw_ftr_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__start___fw_ftr_fixup = .;
 		*(__fw_ftr_fixup)
 		__stop___fw_ftr_fixup = .;
@@ -137,14 +137,14 @@ SECTIONS
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	.init.ramfs : {
+	.init.ramfs : AT(ADDR(.init.ramfs) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__initramfs_start = .;
 		*(.init.ramfs)
 		__initramfs_end = .;
 	}
 #endif
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	.data.percpu : {
+	.data.percpu  : AT(ADDR(.data.percpu) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__per_cpu_start = .;
 		*(.data.percpu)
 		*(.data.percpu.shared_aligned)
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 
 	. = ALIGN(8);
-	.machine.desc : {
+	.machine.desc : AT(ADDR(.machine.desc) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__machine_desc_start = . ;
 		*(.machine.desc)
 		__machine_desc_end = . ;
@@ -170,25 +170,24 @@ SECTIONS
 	_sdata = .;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
-	.data    :
-	{
+	.data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		DATA_DATA
 		*(.sdata)
 		*(.got.plt) *(.got)
 	}
 #else
-	.data : {
+	.data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		DATA_DATA
 		*(.data.rel*)
 		*(.toc1)
 		*(.branch_lt)
 	}
 
-	.opd : {
+	.opd : AT(ADDR(.opd) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		*(.opd)
 	}
 
-	.got : {
+	.got : AT(ADDR(.got) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__toc_start = .;
 		*(.got)
 		*(.toc)
@@ -205,26 +204,26 @@ SECTIONS
 #else
 	. = ALIGN(16384);
 #endif
-	.data.init_task : {
+	.data.init_task : AT(ADDR(.data.init_task) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		*(.data.init_task)
 	}
 
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	.data.page_aligned : {
+	.data.page_aligned : AT(ADDR(.data.page_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		*(.data.page_aligned)
 	}
 
-	.data.cacheline_aligned : {
+	.data.cacheline_aligned : AT(ADDR(.data.cacheline_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
 	}
 
 	. = ALIGN(L1_CACHE_BYTES);
-	.data.read_mostly : {
+	.data.read_mostly : AT(ADDR(.data.read_mostly) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		*(.data.read_mostly)
 	}
 
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	__data_nosave : {
+	.data_nosave : AT(ADDR(.data_nosave) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__nosave_begin = .;
 		*(.data.nosave)
 		. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -235,7 +234,7 @@ SECTIONS
  * And finally the bss
  */
 
-	.bss : {
+	.bss : AT(ADDR(.bss) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__bss_start = .;
 		*(.sbss) *(.scommon)
 		*(.dynbss)
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/page.h b/include/asm-powerpc/page.h
index df47bbb6ea13..6c850609b847 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/page.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/page.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 
 #define PAGE_OFFSET     ASM_CONST(CONFIG_KERNEL_START)
 #define KERNELBASE      (PAGE_OFFSET + PHYSICAL_START)
+#define LOAD_OFFSET	PAGE_OFFSET
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FLATMEM
 #define pfn_valid(pfn)		((pfn) < max_mapnr)