diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/head_32.S
index e91f01a57598..6b4d8acc4c83 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ go_to_highmem:
 		 nop
 
 /* The code above should be at beginning and we have to take care about
- * short jumps, as branching to .text.init section from .text is usually
+ * short jumps, as branching to .init.text section from .text is usually
  * impossible */
 		__INIT
 /* Acquire boot time privileged register values, this will help debugging.
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S
index 3a1b7bf03cff..91bf4c7f79b9 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ jump_to_sun4u_init:
 	jmpl    %g2 + %g0, %g0
 	 nop
 
-	.section	.text.init.refok
+	__REF
 sun4u_init:
 	BRANCH_IF_SUN4V(g1, sun4v_init)