diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
index cd39ac127786..bb566854ff2a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
@@ -201,14 +201,12 @@ END_FW_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(FW_FEATURE_SPLPAR)
 #ifdef PPC64_ELF_ABI_v2
 
 #define _GLOBAL(name) \
-	.section ".text"; \
 	.align 2 ; \
 	.type name,@function; \
 	.globl name; \
 name:
 
 #define _GLOBAL_TOC(name) \
-	.section ".text"; \
 	.align 2 ; \
 	.type name,@function; \
 	.globl name; \
@@ -225,16 +223,15 @@ name: \
 #define GLUE(a,b) XGLUE(a,b)
 
 #define _GLOBAL(name) \
-	.section ".text"; \
 	.align 2 ; \
 	.globl name; \
 	.globl GLUE(.,name); \
-	.section ".opd","aw"; \
+	.pushsection ".opd","aw"; \
 name: \
 	.quad GLUE(.,name); \
 	.quad .TOC.@tocbase; \
 	.quad 0; \
-	.previous; \
+	.popsection; \
 	.type GLUE(.,name),@function; \
 GLUE(.,name):
 
@@ -251,7 +248,6 @@ GLUE(.,name):
 n:
 
 #define _GLOBAL(n)	\
-	.text;		\
 	.stabs __stringify(n:F-1),N_FUN,0,0,n;\
 	.globl n;	\
 n: