diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1bd71c2d7f14..6f8482463c28 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0b1c723d0bd199300a1a2de57a46000d17577498
+refs/heads/master: 704439ddf9f8ff1fc8c6d8abaac4bc4c95697e39
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
index 98424f33e077..de14973e47fd 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
@@ -189,16 +189,18 @@ SECTIONS
 	*(.bss)
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 	__bss_stop = .;
+  }
 
+  .brk : AT(ADDR(.brk) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	__brk_base = . ;
-	. += 64 * 1024 ;	/* 64k slop space */
+ 	. += 64 * 1024 ;	/* 64k alignment slop space */
 	*(.brk_reservation)	/* areas brk users have reserved */
 	__brk_limit = . ;
-
-  	_end = . ;
   }
 
+  _end = . ;
+
   /* Sections to be discarded */
   /DISCARD/ : {
 	*(.exitcall.exit)
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S
index 7996687663a2..c8742507b030 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S
@@ -247,10 +247,12 @@ SECTIONS
 	*(.bss.page_aligned)
 	*(.bss)
 	__bss_stop = .;
+  }
 
+  .brk : AT(ADDR(.brk) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	__brk_base = . ;
-	. += 64 * 1024;		/* 64k slop space */
+ 	. += 64 * 1024 ;	/* 64k alignment slop space */
 	*(.brk_reservation)	/* areas brk users have reserved */
 	__brk_limit = . ;
   }