diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile.gate b/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile.gate
index ab9b03a9adcc4680fd369730e319eeac8fde4728..ceeffc50976462812dec9b9f18105052600862f4 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile.gate
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile.gate
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ GATECFLAGS_gate-syms.o = -r
 $(obj)/gate-syms.o: $(obj)/gate.lds $(obj)/gate.o FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,gate)
 
-# gate-data.o contains the gate DSO image as data in section .data.gate.
+# gate-data.o contains the gate DSO image as data in section .data..gate.
 # We must build gate.so before we can assemble it.
 # Note: kbuild does not track this dependency due to usage of .incbin
 $(obj)/gate-data.o: $(obj)/gate.so
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/gate-data.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/gate-data.S
index 258c0a3238fb1984b5cf771261e9d7a185e3e06d..b3ef1c72e132b44e00ade63410380370e25114e2 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/gate-data.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/gate-data.S
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-	.section .data.gate, "aw"
+	.section .data..gate, "aw"
 
 	.incbin "arch/ia64/kernel/gate.so"
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 7fb1198611fe3ad9278beec3a28b01cb0d048c0a..3e338093c551f48868e5480ad770d4cd0dd6a8a6 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -180,12 +180,12 @@ SECTIONS
 	PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 	  . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	  __start_gate_section = .;
-	  *(.data.gate)
+	  *(.data..gate)
 	  __stop_gate_section = .;
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN
 	  . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	  __xen_start_gate_section = .;
-	  *(.data.gate.xen)
+	  *(.data..gate.xen)
 	  __xen_stop_gate_section = .;
 #endif
 	}
diff --git a/arch/ia64/xen/gate-data.S b/arch/ia64/xen/gate-data.S
index 7d4830afc91dc3351e6e5599f8c6173991178b1b..6f95b6b32a4efdb1af974875475b607a3deb91db 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/xen/gate-data.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/xen/gate-data.S
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-	.section .data.gate.xen, "aw"
+	.section .data..gate.xen, "aw"
 
 	.incbin "arch/ia64/xen/gate.so"