diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
index 93dffed0a..15ecad944 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 #endif
 		.endm
 
-		.section ".start", #alloc, #execinstr
+		.section ".start", "ax"
 /*
  * sort out different calling conventions
  */
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.S
index 0284f84dc..27577644e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.S
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-	.section .piggydata,#alloc
+	.section .piggydata, "a"
 	.globl	input_data
 input_data:
 	.incbin	"arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy_data"
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
index c4e8006a1..48e0ef6f0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ __v7_setup_stack:
 	string	cpu_elf_name, "v7"
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 	/*
 	 * Standard v7 proc info content