diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/vdso.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/vdso.h
index d0295f1dd1a3..ff65b6d96c7e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/vdso.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/vdso.h
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ struct mm_struct;
 
 void arm_install_vdso(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr);
 
-extern char vdso_start, vdso_end;
-
 extern unsigned int vdso_total_pages;
 
 #else /* CONFIG_VDSO */
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/arm/kernel/vdso.c
index 54a5aeab988d..2dee87273e51 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vdso.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 
 static struct page **vdso_text_pagelist;
 
+extern char vdso_start[], vdso_end[];
+
 /* Total number of pages needed for the data and text portions of the VDSO. */
 unsigned int vdso_total_pages __read_mostly;
 
@@ -178,13 +180,13 @@ static int __init vdso_init(void)
 	unsigned int text_pages;
 	int i;
 
-	if (memcmp(&vdso_start, "\177ELF", 4)) {
+	if (memcmp(vdso_start, "\177ELF", 4)) {
 		pr_err("VDSO is not a valid ELF object!\n");
 		return -ENOEXEC;
 	}
 
-	text_pages = (&vdso_end - &vdso_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	pr_debug("vdso: %i text pages at base %p\n", text_pages, &vdso_start);
+	text_pages = (vdso_end - vdso_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	pr_debug("vdso: %i text pages at base %p\n", text_pages, vdso_start);
 
 	/* Allocate the VDSO text pagelist */
 	vdso_text_pagelist = kcalloc(text_pages, sizeof(struct page *),
@@ -199,7 +201,7 @@ static int __init vdso_init(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < text_pages; i++) {
 		struct page *page;
 
-		page = virt_to_page(&vdso_start + i * PAGE_SIZE);
+		page = virt_to_page(vdso_start + i * PAGE_SIZE);
 		vdso_text_pagelist[i] = page;
 	}
 
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ static int __init vdso_init(void)
 
 	cntvct_ok = cntvct_functional();
 
-	patch_vdso(&vdso_start);
+	patch_vdso(vdso_start);
 
 	return 0;
 }