diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint.h b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
index 3a5b717d92e80..598fec9f9dbf8 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ static inline struct tracepoint *tracepoint_ptr_deref(tracepoint_ptr_t *p)
 
 #define __TRACEPOINT_ENTRY(name)					 \
 	static tracepoint_ptr_t __tracepoint_ptr_##name __used		 \
-	__attribute__((section("__tracepoints_ptrs"))) =		 \
-		&__tracepoint_##name
+	__section(__tracepoints_ptrs) = &__tracepoint_##name
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_TRACEPOINT_H */
@@ -280,9 +279,9 @@ static inline struct tracepoint *tracepoint_ptr_deref(tracepoint_ptr_t *p)
  */
 #define DEFINE_TRACE_FN(name, reg, unreg)				 \
 	static const char __tpstrtab_##name[]				 \
-	__attribute__((section("__tracepoints_strings"))) = #name;	 \
-	struct tracepoint __tracepoint_##name				 \
-	__attribute__((section("__tracepoints"), used)) =		 \
+	__section(__tracepoints_strings) = #name;			 \
+	struct tracepoint __tracepoint_##name __used			 \
+	__section(__tracepoints) =					 \
 		{ __tpstrtab_##name, STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE, reg, unreg, NULL };\
 	__TRACEPOINT_ENTRY(name);
 
@@ -361,7 +360,7 @@ static inline struct tracepoint *tracepoint_ptr_deref(tracepoint_ptr_t *p)
 		static const char *___tp_str __tracepoint_string = str; \
 		___tp_str;						\
 	})
-#define __tracepoint_string	__attribute__((section("__tracepoint_str"), used))
+#define __tracepoint_string	__used __section(__tracepoint_str)
 #else
 /*
  * tracepoint_string() is used to save the string address for userspace