diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32_wrapper.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32_wrapper.S
index 10f92f265d51..20bca3548b44 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32_wrapper.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32_wrapper.S
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
-	__PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA
+	.section ".data..ro_after_init", "aw"
 
 	.globl vdso32_start, vdso32_end
 	.balign PAGE_SIZE
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64_wrapper.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64_wrapper.S
index 839d1a61411d..1912936fa227 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64_wrapper.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64_wrapper.S
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
-	__PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA
+	.section ".data..ro_after_init", "aw"
 
 	.globl vdso64_start, vdso64_end
 	.balign PAGE_SIZE