diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
index 2f0e64b..ef6f649 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
@@ -44,10 +44,7 @@
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/machdep.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224
 #include <linux/linux_logo.h>
-extern const struct linux_logo logo_linux_clut224;
-#endif
 
 /*
  * Properties whose value is longer than this get excluded from our
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c
index 9abd210..8547e86 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c
@@ -752,17 +752,8 @@
 		goto out_unregister_sysdev_class;
 	}
 
-	if (ret > 0) {
-		/*
-		 * We cannot put the forward declaration in
-		 * <linux/linux_logo.h> because of conflicting session type
-		 * conflicts for const and __initdata with different compiler
-		 * versions
-		 */
-		extern const struct linux_logo logo_spe_clut224;
-
+	if (ret > 0)
 		fb_append_extra_logo(&logo_spe_clut224, ret);
-	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&spu_full_list_mutex);
 	xmon_register_spus(&spu_full_list);
diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/init.h b/arch/um/include/shared/init.h
index 37dd097..b3906f8 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/shared/init.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/shared/init.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  * sign followed by value, e.g.:
  *
  * static int init_variable __initdata = 0;
- * static char linux_logo[] __initdata = { 0x32, 0x36, ... };
+ * static const char linux_logo[] __initconst = { 0x32, 0x36, ... };
  *
  * Don't forget to initialize data not at file scope, i.e. within a function,
  * as gcc otherwise puts the data into the bss section and not into the init
diff --git a/drivers/video/logo/logo.c b/drivers/video/logo/logo.c
index 2e85a2b..ea7a8cc 100644
--- a/drivers/video/logo/logo.c
+++ b/drivers/video/logo/logo.c
@@ -21,21 +21,6 @@
 #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
 #endif
 
-extern const struct linux_logo logo_linux_mono;
-extern const struct linux_logo logo_linux_vga16;
-extern const struct linux_logo logo_linux_clut224;
-extern const struct linux_logo logo_blackfin_vga16;
-extern const struct linux_logo logo_blackfin_clut224;
-extern const struct linux_logo logo_dec_clut224;
-extern const struct linux_logo logo_mac_clut224;
-extern const struct linux_logo logo_parisc_clut224;
-extern const struct linux_logo logo_sgi_clut224;
-extern const struct linux_logo logo_sun_clut224;
-extern const struct linux_logo logo_superh_mono;
-extern const struct linux_logo logo_superh_vga16;
-extern const struct linux_logo logo_superh_clut224;
-extern const struct linux_logo logo_m32r_clut224;
-
 static int nologo;
 module_param(nologo, bool, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nologo, "Disables startup logo");
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index b218980..8c2c998 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * sign followed by value, e.g.:
  *
  * static int init_variable __initdata = 0;
- * static char linux_logo[] __initdata = { 0x32, 0x36, ... };
+ * static const char linux_logo[] __initconst = { 0x32, 0x36, ... };
  *
  * Don't forget to initialize data not at file scope, i.e. within a function,
  * as gcc otherwise puts the data into the bss section and not into the init
diff --git a/include/linux/linux_logo.h b/include/linux/linux_logo.h
index 08a92969..ca5bd91 100644
--- a/include/linux/linux_logo.h
+++ b/include/linux/linux_logo.h
@@ -32,6 +32,22 @@
 	const unsigned char *data;
 };
 
+extern const struct linux_logo logo_linux_mono;
+extern const struct linux_logo logo_linux_vga16;
+extern const struct linux_logo logo_linux_clut224;
+extern const struct linux_logo logo_blackfin_vga16;
+extern const struct linux_logo logo_blackfin_clut224;
+extern const struct linux_logo logo_dec_clut224;
+extern const struct linux_logo logo_mac_clut224;
+extern const struct linux_logo logo_parisc_clut224;
+extern const struct linux_logo logo_sgi_clut224;
+extern const struct linux_logo logo_sun_clut224;
+extern const struct linux_logo logo_superh_mono;
+extern const struct linux_logo logo_superh_vga16;
+extern const struct linux_logo logo_superh_clut224;
+extern const struct linux_logo logo_m32r_clut224;
+extern const struct linux_logo logo_spe_clut224;
+
 extern const struct linux_logo *fb_find_logo(int depth);
 #ifdef CONFIG_FB_LOGO_EXTRA
 extern void fb_append_extra_logo(const struct linux_logo *logo,
diff --git a/scripts/pnmtologo.c b/scripts/pnmtologo.c
index 6aa2a24..64f5ddb 100644
--- a/scripts/pnmtologo.c
+++ b/scripts/pnmtologo.c
@@ -237,22 +237,22 @@
     fprintf(out, " *  Linux logo %s\n", logoname);
     fputs(" */\n\n", out);
     fputs("#include <linux/linux_logo.h>\n\n", out);
-    fprintf(out, "static unsigned char %s_data[] __initdata = {\n",
+    fprintf(out, "static const unsigned char %s_data[] __initconst = {\n",
 	    logoname);
 }
 
 static void write_footer(void)
 {
     fputs("\n};\n\n", out);
-    fprintf(out, "struct linux_logo %s __initdata = {\n", logoname);
-    fprintf(out, "    .type\t= %s,\n", logo_types[logo_type]);
-    fprintf(out, "    .width\t= %d,\n", logo_width);
-    fprintf(out, "    .height\t= %d,\n", logo_height);
+    fprintf(out, "const struct linux_logo %s __initconst = {\n", logoname);
+    fprintf(out, "\t.type\t\t= %s,\n", logo_types[logo_type]);
+    fprintf(out, "\t.width\t\t= %d,\n", logo_width);
+    fprintf(out, "\t.height\t\t= %d,\n", logo_height);
     if (logo_type == LINUX_LOGO_CLUT224) {
-	fprintf(out, "    .clutsize\t= %d,\n", logo_clutsize);
-	fprintf(out, "    .clut\t= %s_clut,\n", logoname);
+	fprintf(out, "\t.clutsize\t= %d,\n", logo_clutsize);
+	fprintf(out, "\t.clut\t\t= %s_clut,\n", logoname);
     }
-    fprintf(out, "    .data\t= %s_data\n", logoname);
+    fprintf(out, "\t.data\t\t= %s_data\n", logoname);
     fputs("};\n\n", out);
 
     /* close logo file */
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
     fputs("\n};\n\n", out);
 
     /* write logo clut */
-    fprintf(out, "static unsigned char %s_clut[] __initdata = {\n",
+    fprintf(out, "static const unsigned char %s_clut[] __initconst = {\n",
 	    logoname);
     write_hex_cnt = 0;
     for (i = 0; i < logo_clutsize; i++) {