diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/head_44x.S b/arch/ppc/kernel/head_44x.S
index b1b9dc08abca..8b49679fad54 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/head_44x.S
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/head_44x.S
@@ -743,14 +743,18 @@ _GLOBAL(set_context)
  * goes at the beginning of the data segment, which is page-aligned.
  */
 	.data
-_GLOBAL(sdata)
-_GLOBAL(empty_zero_page)
+	.align	12
+	.globl	sdata
+sdata:
+	.globl	empty_zero_page
+empty_zero_page:
 	.space	4096
 
 /*
  * To support >32-bit physical addresses, we use an 8KB pgdir.
  */
-_GLOBAL(swapper_pg_dir)
+	.globl	swapper_pg_dir
+swapper_pg_dir:
 	.space	8192
 
 /* Reserved 4k for the critical exception stack & 4k for the machine
@@ -759,13 +763,15 @@ _GLOBAL(swapper_pg_dir)
         .align 12
 exception_stack_bottom:
 	.space	BOOKE_EXCEPTION_STACK_SIZE
-_GLOBAL(exception_stack_top)
+	.globl	exception_stack_top
+exception_stack_top:
 
 /*
  * This space gets a copy of optional info passed to us by the bootstrap
  * which is used to pass parameters into the kernel like root=/dev/sda1, etc.
  */
-_GLOBAL(cmd_line)
+	.globl	cmd_line
+cmd_line:
 	.space	512
 
 /*
@@ -774,5 +780,3 @@ _GLOBAL(cmd_line)
  */
 abatron_pteptrs:
 	.space	8
-
-
diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/head_4xx.S b/arch/ppc/kernel/head_4xx.S
index 5772ce97e24e..10c261c67021 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/head_4xx.S
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/head_4xx.S
@@ -988,10 +988,14 @@ _GLOBAL(set_context)
  * goes at the beginning of the data segment, which is page-aligned.
  */
 	.data
-_GLOBAL(sdata)
-_GLOBAL(empty_zero_page)
+	.align	12
+	.globl	sdata
+sdata:
+	.globl	empty_zero_page
+empty_zero_page:
 	.space	4096
-_GLOBAL(swapper_pg_dir)
+	.globl	swapper_pg_dir
+swapper_pg_dir:
 	.space	4096
 
 
@@ -1001,12 +1005,14 @@ _GLOBAL(swapper_pg_dir)
 exception_stack_bottom:
 	.space	4096
 critical_stack_top:
-_GLOBAL(exception_stack_top)
+	.globl	exception_stack_top
+exception_stack_top:
 
 /* This space gets a copy of optional info passed to us by the bootstrap
  * which is used to pass parameters into the kernel like root=/dev/sda1, etc.
  */
-_GLOBAL(cmd_line)
+	.globl	cmd_line
+cmd_line:
 	.space	512
 
 /* Room for two PTE pointers, usually the kernel and current user pointers
diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S b/arch/ppc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S
index 53949811efda..5063c603fad4 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S
@@ -1028,10 +1028,14 @@ _GLOBAL(set_context)
  * goes at the beginning of the data segment, which is page-aligned.
  */
 	.data
-_GLOBAL(sdata)
-_GLOBAL(empty_zero_page)
+	.align	12
+	.globl	sdata
+sdata:
+	.globl	empty_zero_page
+empty_zero_page:
 	.space	4096
-_GLOBAL(swapper_pg_dir)
+	.globl	swapper_pg_dir
+swapper_pg_dir:
 	.space	4096
 
 /* Reserved 4k for the critical exception stack & 4k for the machine
@@ -1040,13 +1044,15 @@ _GLOBAL(swapper_pg_dir)
         .align 12
 exception_stack_bottom:
 	.space	BOOKE_EXCEPTION_STACK_SIZE * NR_CPUS
-_GLOBAL(exception_stack_top)
+	.globl	exception_stack_top
+exception_stack_top:
 
 /*
  * This space gets a copy of optional info passed to us by the bootstrap
  * which is used to pass parameters into the kernel like root=/dev/sda1, etc.
  */
-_GLOBAL(cmd_line)
+	.globl	cmd_line
+cmd_line:
 	.space	512
 
 /*
@@ -1055,4 +1061,3 @@ _GLOBAL(cmd_line)
  */
 abatron_pteptrs:
 	.space	8
-