diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S
index ec9a5fd..0c14512 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 	mov r19=n;;			/* prepare to save predicates */		\
 	br.sptk.many dispatch_to_fault_handler
 
-	.section .text.ivt,"ax"
+	.section .text..ivt,"ax"
 
 	.align 32768	// align on 32KB boundary
 	.global ia64_ivt
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index b943eff..5c01d3c7 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #define IVT_TEXT							\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_ivt_text) = .;			\
-		*(.text.ivt)						\
+		*(.text..ivt)						\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__end_ivt_text) = .;
 
 OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-ia64-little")
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kvm/vmm_ivt.S b/arch/ia64/kvm/vmm_ivt.S
index 40920c6..2401848 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kvm/vmm_ivt.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kvm/vmm_ivt.S
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 	br.call.sptk.many b6=vmm_panic_handler;
 END(kvm_vmm_panic)
 
-    .section .text.ivt,"ax"
+    .section .text..ivt,"ax"
 
     .align 32768    // align on 32KB boundary
     .global kvm_ia64_ivt