diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_early_core.c b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_early_core.c
index edeb2597b0b8..17b0c67f3e8d 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_early_core.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_early_core.c
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 #include "sclp.h"
 #include "sclp_rw.h"
 
-char sclp_early_sccb[PAGE_SIZE] __aligned(PAGE_SIZE) __section(data);
-int sclp_init_state __section(data) = sclp_init_state_uninitialized;
+char sclp_early_sccb[PAGE_SIZE] __aligned(PAGE_SIZE) __section(.data);
+int sclp_init_state __section(.data) = sclp_init_state_uninitialized;
 
 void sclp_early_wait_irq(void)
 {