diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index c0aac3ff9e91..98c1212674f6 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ SECTIONS
   . = ALIGN(8192);
   .data.init_task : { *(.data.init_task) }
 
+  NOTES
+
   . = ALIGN(4096);
   __init_begin = .;
   .init.text : {