diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a56b396633..82bfe92cc6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2009-02-07  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
 
+	* sunrpc/rpc_common.c: We cannot move _null_auth into .rodata that
+	easily.
+
 	* malloc/malloc.c: Add branch prediction for use of the hooks.
 
 	* grp/compat-initgroups.c [NOT_IN_libc] (__libc_use_alloca): Define.
diff --git a/sunrpc/rpc_common.c b/sunrpc/rpc_common.c
index f7ad961c66..3fb0bda489 100644
--- a/sunrpc/rpc_common.c
+++ b/sunrpc/rpc_common.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 /* We are very tricky here.  We want to have _null_auth in a read-only
    section but we cannot add const to the type because this isn't how
    the variable is declared.  So we use the section attribute.  */
-struct opaque_auth _null_auth __attribute__ ((nocommon, section (".rodata")));
+struct opaque_auth _null_auth __attribute__ ((nocommon));
 libc_hidden_def (_null_auth)
 fd_set svc_fdset;
 struct rpc_createerr rpc_createerr;