diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
index 99b0784c0552..bc63ff6cdb35 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ SECTIONS
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	}
 
-  .bss : { *(.bss) }		/* BSS */
-
   . = ALIGN(16);
-  .data.cacheline_aligned : { *(.data.cacheline_aligned) } :data
+  .data.cacheline_aligned : { *(.data.cacheline_aligned) }
+
+  .bss : { *(.bss) }		/* BSS */
 
   _edata = .;			/* End of data section */
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	_sinittext = .;
 	INIT_TEXT
 	_einittext = .;
-  }
+  } :data
   .init.data : { INIT_DATA }
   . = ALIGN(16);
   __setup_start = .;