diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index da0be9a8d1de..9623d78f8494 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -59,6 +59,22 @@
 /* Align . to a 8 byte boundary equals to maximum function alignment. */
 #define ALIGN_FUNCTION()  . = ALIGN(8)
 
+/*
+ * LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION option enables -fdata-sections, which
+ * generates .data.identifier sections, which need to be pulled in with
+ * .data. We don't want to pull in .data..other sections, which Linux
+ * has defined. Same for text and bss.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
+#define TEXT_MAIN .text .text.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*
+#define DATA_MAIN .data .data.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*
+#define BSS_MAIN .bss .bss.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*
+#else
+#define TEXT_MAIN .text
+#define DATA_MAIN .data
+#define BSS_MAIN .bss
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Align to a 32 byte boundary equal to the
  * alignment gcc 4.5 uses for a struct
@@ -198,12 +214,9 @@
 
 /*
  * .data section
- * LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION option enables -fdata-sections generates
- * .data.identifier which needs to be pulled in with .data, but don't want to
- * pull in .data..stuff which has its own requirements. Same for bss.
  */
 #define DATA_DATA							\
-	*(.data .data.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*)					\
+	*(DATA_MAIN)							\
 	*(.ref.data)							\
 	*(.data..shared_aligned) /* percpu related */			\
 	MEM_KEEP(init.data)						\
@@ -434,16 +447,17 @@
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__security_initcall_end) = .;		\
 	}
 
-/* .text section. Map to function alignment to avoid address changes
+/*
+ * .text section. Map to function alignment to avoid address changes
  * during second ld run in second ld pass when generating System.map
- * LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION option enables -ffunction-sections generates
- * .text.identifier which needs to be pulled in with .text , but some
- * architectures define .text.foo which is not intended to be pulled in here.
- * Those enabling LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION must ensure they don't have
- * conflicting section names, and must pull in .text.[0-9a-zA-Z_]* */
+ *
+ * TEXT_MAIN here will match .text.fixup and .text.unlikely if dead
+ * code elimination is enabled, so these sections should be converted
+ * to use ".." first.
+ */
 #define TEXT_TEXT							\
 		ALIGN_FUNCTION();					\
-		*(.text.hot .text .text.fixup .text.unlikely)		\
+		*(.text.hot TEXT_MAIN .text.fixup .text.unlikely)	\
 		*(.ref.text)						\
 	MEM_KEEP(init.text)						\
 	MEM_KEEP(exit.text)						\
@@ -613,7 +627,7 @@
 		BSS_FIRST_SECTIONS					\
 		*(.bss..page_aligned)					\
 		*(.dynbss)						\
-		*(.bss .bss.[0-9a-zA-Z_]*)				\
+		*(BSS_MAIN)						\
 		*(COMMON)						\
 	}