diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/skas/clone.c b/arch/um/kernel/skas/clone.c
index 95c355181dcd..bfb70c456b30 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/skas/clone.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/skas/clone.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * on some systems.
  */
 
-void __section(".__syscall_stub")
+void __attribute__ ((__section__ (".__syscall_stub")))
 stub_clone_handler(void)
 {
 	struct stub_data *data = (struct stub_data *) STUB_DATA;
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/stub_segv.c b/arch/x86/um/stub_segv.c
index fdcd58af707a..27361cbb7ca9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/stub_segv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/um/stub_segv.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <sysdep/mcontext.h>
 #include <sys/ucontext.h>
 
-void __section(".__syscall_stub")
+void __attribute__ ((__section__ (".__syscall_stub")))
 stub_segv_handler(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *p)
 {
 	ucontext_t *uc = p;