diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/head.S b/arch/m32r/kernel/head.S
index 0a7194439eb14aa69fbb0863309ced9b60041e54..a46652dd83e625c24bd3362a9437af4ff45332d8 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/head.S
@@ -268,13 +268,13 @@ ENTRY(empty_zero_page)
 /*------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Stack area
  */
-	.section .spi
+	.section .init.data, "aw"
 	ALIGN
 	.global spi_stack_top
 	.zero	1024
 spi_stack_top:
 
-	.section .spu
+	.section .init.data, "aw"
 	ALIGN
 	.global spu_stack_top
 	.zero	1024
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index a8aa4a858ddd3859fc7a235cf4470c1b4fc41cd0..aadb24eacf089c2eeb2df002f433fd5858380505 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
   /* writeable */
   .data : {			/* Data */
-	*(.spu)
-	*(.spi)
 	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	}