diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 25036947bcb8..820eed87fb43 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -2176,7 +2176,7 @@ static void add_header(struct buffer *b, struct module *mod)
 	buf_printf(b, "MODULE_INFO(name, KBUILD_MODNAME);\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "__visible struct module __this_module\n");
-	buf_printf(b, "__attribute__((section(\".gnu.linkonce.this_module\"))) = {\n");
+	buf_printf(b, "__section(.gnu.linkonce.this_module) = {\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "\t.name = KBUILD_MODNAME,\n");
 	if (mod->has_init)
 		buf_printf(b, "\t.init = init_module,\n");
@@ -2230,8 +2230,7 @@ static int add_versions(struct buffer *b, struct module *mod)
 
 	buf_printf(b, "\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "static const struct modversion_info ____versions[]\n");
-	buf_printf(b, "__used\n");
-	buf_printf(b, "__attribute__((section(\"__versions\"))) = {\n");
+	buf_printf(b, "__used __section(__versions) = {\n");
 
 	for (s = mod->unres; s; s = s->next) {
 		if (!s->module)