diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 1d6eef4b6976..7d1d27066deb 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	_etext = .;
 
 	_sdata = .;
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 
 	/*
 	 * 1. this is .data essentially
diff --git a/arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index d6e3802536b3..a3547f9d415b 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
 
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 	.const :
 	{
 		*(.const .const.* .gnu.linkonce.r.*)
diff --git a/arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 75dd31412242..8598bd7a7bcd 100644
--- a/arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 
 	_sdata = .;
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 	RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 	_edata = .;
 
diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 88776e785245..d3247d33b115 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	_etext = . ;
 	}
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(4)
+	RO_DATA(4)
 	ROMEND = .;
 #if defined(CONFIG_ROMKERNEL)
 	. = RAMTOP;
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 6a6e8fc422ee..0145251fa317 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	_sdata = .;
 		RW_DATA_SECTION(32,PAGE_SIZE,_THREAD_SIZE)
-		RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+		RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 	_edata = .;
 
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-nommu.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-nommu.lds
index cf6edda38971..de80f8b8ae78 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-nommu.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-nommu.lds
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ SECTIONS {
 #endif
 
 	_sdata = .;
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 	RW_DATA_SECTION(16, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 	_edata = .;
 
diff --git a/arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index c4f1c5a604c3..10ff570ba95b 100644
--- a/arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	_etext = .;			/* End of text and rodata section */
 
 	_sdata = .;
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 	RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 	_edata  =  .;
 
diff --git a/arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 20e4078b3477..318804a2c7a1 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	__init_end = .;
 
 	_sdata = .;
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 	RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 	_edata = .;
 
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 142c51c994f5..f73e0d3ea09f 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	_sdata = .;
 
-	/* Page alignment required for RO_DATA_SECTION */
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+	/* Page alignment required for RO_DATA */
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 	_e_kernel_ro = .;
 
 	/* Whatever comes after _e_kernel_ro had better be page-aligend, too */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 168d12b2ebb8..e1c563c7dca1 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	_sdata = .;
 
 	/* Architecturally we need to keep __gp below 0x1000000 and thus
-	 * in front of RO_DATA_SECTION() which stores lots of tracepoint
+	 * in front of RO_DATA() which stores lots of tracepoint
 	 * and ftrace symbols. */
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
 	. = ALIGN(16);
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 #endif
 
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(8)
+	RO_DATA(8)
 
 	/* RO because of BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT */
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(8)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index df5229c4034d..66dc17d24dd9 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	/* Start of data section */
 	_sdata = .;
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
+	RO_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
 	.srodata : {
 		*(.srodata*)
 	}
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index beb4df053e20..b33c4823f8b5 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		_etext = .;		/* End of text section */
 	} :text = 0x0700
 
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	_sdata = .;		/* Start of data section */
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/unicore32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 78c4c56057b0..367c80313bec 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/unicore32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	_etext = .;
 
 	_sdata = .;
-	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 	RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
 	_edata = .;
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 9520dede6c7a..cdff8ba42d4d 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  *	_etext = .;
  *
  *      _sdata = .;
- *	RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+ *	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
  *	RW_DATA_SECTION(...)
  *	_edata = .;
  *
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
 /*
  * Read only Data
  */
-#define RO_DATA_SECTION(align)						\
+#define RO_DATA(align)							\
 	. = ALIGN((align));						\
 	.rodata           : AT(ADDR(.rodata) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
 		__start_rodata = .;					\
@@ -513,9 +513,6 @@
 	. = ALIGN((align));						\
 	__end_rodata = .;
 
-/* All archs are supposed to use RO_DATA() */
-#define RO_DATA(align)  RO_DATA_SECTION(align)
-
 /*
  * .text section. Map to function alignment to avoid address changes
  * during second ld run in second ld pass when generating System.map
