diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e9001f9770c6..aa4445ad8819 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3fa986faad2bb015c3ad6d09a0686016482bc01c
+refs/heads/master: 78665aaa96fe62b4cee6c226680801c4480aa407
diff --git a/trunk/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/trunk/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 73f7acae8b25..b84d1f9ce28e 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/trunk/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -151,16 +151,13 @@ SECTIONS
 
   /* This is the MIPS specific mdebug section.  */
   .mdebug : { *(.mdebug) }
-  /* These are needed for ELF backends which have not yet been
-     converted to the new style linker.  */
-  .stab 0 : { *(.stab) }
-  .stabstr 0 : { *(.stabstr) }
+
+  STABS_DEBUG
 
   DWARF_DEBUG
 
   /* These must appear regardless of  .  */
   .gptab.sdata : { *(.gptab.data) *(.gptab.sdata) }
   .gptab.sbss : { *(.gptab.bss) *(.gptab.sbss) }
-  .comment : { *(.comment) }
   .note : { *(.note) }
 }