diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index c32a181a7cbb..ee6dbe2efc8b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ config PPC
 	select HAVE_KPROBES
 	select HAVE_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE
 	select HAVE_KRETPROBES
+	select HAVE_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
 	select HAVE_LIVEPATCH			if HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
 	select HAVE_MEMBLOCK
 	select HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index c8af90ff49f0..52a93cdd04bc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	 */
 	.text BLOCK(0) : AT(ADDR(.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_LD_HEAD_STUB_CATCH
-		*(.linker_stub_catch);
+		KEEP(*(.linker_stub_catch));
 		. = . ;
 #endif
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		ALIGN_FUNCTION();
 #endif
 		/* careful! __ftr_alt_* sections need to be close to .text */
-		*(.text.hot .text .text.fixup .text.unlikely .fixup __ftr_alt_* .ref.text);
+		*(.text.hot TEXT_MAIN .text.fixup .text.unlikely .fixup __ftr_alt_* .ref.text);
 		SCHED_TEXT
 		CPUIDLE_TEXT
 		LOCK_TEXT
@@ -170,10 +170,10 @@ SECTIONS
 	.init.data : AT(ADDR(.init.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		INIT_DATA
 		__vtop_table_begin = .;
-		*(.vtop_fixup);
+		KEEP(*(.vtop_fixup));
 		__vtop_table_end = .;
 		__ptov_table_begin = .;
-		*(.ptov_fixup);
+		KEEP(*(.ptov_fixup));
 		__ptov_table_end = .;
 	}
 
@@ -194,26 +194,26 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(8);
 	__ftr_fixup : AT(ADDR(__ftr_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__start___ftr_fixup = .;
-		*(__ftr_fixup)
+		KEEP(*(__ftr_fixup))
 		__stop___ftr_fixup = .;
 	}
 	. = ALIGN(8);
 	__mmu_ftr_fixup : AT(ADDR(__mmu_ftr_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__start___mmu_ftr_fixup = .;
-		*(__mmu_ftr_fixup)
+		KEEP(*(__mmu_ftr_fixup))
 		__stop___mmu_ftr_fixup = .;
 	}
 	. = ALIGN(8);
 	__lwsync_fixup : AT(ADDR(__lwsync_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__start___lwsync_fixup = .;
-		*(__lwsync_fixup)
+		KEEP(*(__lwsync_fixup))
 		__stop___lwsync_fixup = .;
 	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 	. = ALIGN(8);
 	__fw_ftr_fixup : AT(ADDR(__fw_ftr_fixup) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__start___fw_ftr_fixup = .;
-		*(__fw_ftr_fixup)
+		KEEP(*(__fw_ftr_fixup))
 		__stop___fw_ftr_fixup = .;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(8);
 	.machine.desc : AT(ADDR(.machine.desc) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__machine_desc_start = . ;
-		*(.machine.desc)
+		KEEP(*(.machine.desc))
 		__machine_desc_end = . ;
 	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	.data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		DATA_DATA
 		*(.data.rel*)
-		*(.sdata)
+		*(SDATA_MAIN)
 		*(.sdata2)
 		*(.got.plt) *(.got)
 		*(.plt)
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	.opd : AT(ADDR(.opd) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__start_opd = .;
-		*(.opd)
+		KEEP(*(.opd))
 		__end_opd = .;
 	}