diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 8d5a5149bb3a..2802aa963fa3 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-x86-64", "elf64-x86-64", "elf64-x86-64")
 OUTPUT_ARCH(i386:x86-64)
 ENTRY(phys_startup_64)
 jiffies_64 = jiffies;
+PHDRS {
+	text PT_LOAD FLAGS(5);	/* R_E */
+	data PT_LOAD FLAGS(7);	/* RWE */
+	user PT_LOAD FLAGS(7);	/* RWE */
+	note PT_NOTE FLAGS(4);	/* R__ */
+}
 SECTIONS
 {
   . = __START_KERNEL;
@@ -31,7 +37,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	KPROBES_TEXT
 	*(.fixup)
 	*(.gnu.warning)
-	} = 0x9090
+	} :text = 0x9090
   				/* out-of-line lock text */
   .text.lock : AT(ADDR(.text.lock) - LOAD_OFFSET) { *(.text.lock) }
 
@@ -57,7 +63,7 @@ SECTIONS
   .data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 	*(.data)
 	CONSTRUCTORS
-	}
+	} :data
 
   _edata = .;			/* End of data section */
 
@@ -89,7 +95,7 @@ SECTIONS
 #define VVIRT(x) (ADDR(x) - VVIRT_OFFSET)
 
   . = VSYSCALL_ADDR;
-  .vsyscall_0 :	 AT(VSYSCALL_PHYS_ADDR) { *(.vsyscall_0) }
+  .vsyscall_0 :	 AT(VSYSCALL_PHYS_ADDR) { *(.vsyscall_0) } :user
   __vsyscall_0 = VSYSCALL_VIRT_ADDR;
 
   . = ALIGN(CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES);
@@ -135,7 +141,7 @@ SECTIONS
   . = ALIGN(8192);		/* init_task */
   .data.init_task : AT(ADDR(.data.init_task) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 	*(.data.init_task)
-  }
+  } :data
 
   . = ALIGN(4096);
   .data.page_aligned : AT(ADDR(.data.page_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {