diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index ad2d66c93a5c..350b53b41e5b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ SECTIONS
 			*(.arch.info)
 		__arch_info_end = .;
 		__tagtable_begin = .;
-			*(.taglist)
+			*(.taglist.init)
 		__tagtable_end = .;
 		. = ALIGN(16);
 		__setup_start = .;
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/setup.h b/include/asm-arm/setup.h
index adcbd79762bf..a4b3ebf9bdd1 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/setup.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/setup.h
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ struct tagtable {
 	int (*parse)(const struct tag *);
 };
 
-#define __tag __attribute_used__ __attribute__((__section__(".taglist")))
+#define __tag __attribute_used__ __attribute__((__section__(".taglist.init")))
 #define __tagtable(tag, fn) \
 static struct tagtable __tagtable_##fn __tag = { tag, fn }