diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
index 2d92eeb08b76..2662f02ba6cf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
  * System calls.
  */
 	.section	".toc","aw"
-.SYS_CALL_TABLE:
-	.tc .sys_call_table[TC],.sys_call_table
+SYS_CALL_TABLE:
+	.tc sys_call_table[TC],sys_call_table
 
 /* This value is used to mark exception frames on the stack. */
 exception_marker:
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ system_call:			/* label this so stack traces look sane */
  * Need to vector to 32 Bit or default sys_call_table here,
  * based on caller's run-mode / personality.
  */
-	ld	r11,.SYS_CALL_TABLE@toc(2)
+	ld	r11,SYS_CALL_TABLE@toc(2)
 	andi.	r10,r10,_TIF_32BIT
 	beq	15f
 	addi	r11,r11,8	/* use 32-bit syscall entries */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/systbl.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/systbl.S
index 93219c34af32..75822f97bfea 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/systbl.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/systbl.S
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 #define PPC_SYS_SPU(func)	PPC_SYS(func)
 #define SYSX_SPU(f, f3264, f32)	SYSX(f, f3264, f32)
 
+.section .rodata,"a"
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 #define sys_sigpending	sys_ni_syscall
 #define sys_old_getrlimit sys_ni_syscall
@@ -43,5 +45,7 @@
 	.p2align	3
 #endif
 
-_GLOBAL(sys_call_table)
+.globl sys_call_table
+sys_call_table:
+
 #include <asm/systbl.h>