diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 3dc75040a756..41604a37b385 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -437,10 +437,11 @@ PHONY += checkbin
 # Check toolchain versions:
 # - gcc-4.6 is the minimum kernel-wide version so nothing required.
 checkbin:
-	@if test "x${CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN}" = "xy" \
-	    && $(LD) --version | head -1 | grep ' 2\.24$$' >/dev/null ; then \
+	@if test "x${CONFIG_LD_IS_LLD}" != "xy" -a \
+		"x$(call ld-ifversion, -le, 22400, y)" = "xy" ; then \
 		echo -n '*** binutils 2.24 miscompiles weak symbols ' ; \
 		echo 'in some circumstances.' ; \
+		echo    '*** binutils 2.23 do not define the TOC symbol ' ; \
 		echo -n '*** Please use a different binutils version.' ; \
 		false ; \
 	fi
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/crt0.S b/arch/powerpc/boot/crt0.S
index e8f10a599659..feadee18e271 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/crt0.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/crt0.S
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ p_etext:	.8byte	_etext
 p_bss_start:	.8byte	__bss_start
 p_end:		.8byte	_end
 
-p_toc:		.8byte	__toc_start + 0x8000 - p_base
+p_toc:		.8byte	.TOC. - p_base
 p_dyn:		.8byte	__dynamic_start - p_base
 p_rela:		.8byte	__rela_dyn_start - p_base
 p_prom:		.8byte	0
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.lds.S
index d6f072865627..d65cd55a6f38 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.lds.S
@@ -36,12 +36,9 @@ SECTIONS
   }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64_BOOT_WRAPPER
-  . = ALIGN(256);
-  .got :
+  .got : ALIGN(256)
   {
-    __toc_start = .;
-    *(.got)
-    *(.toc)
+    *(.got .toc)
   }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h
index e92d39c0cd1d..34d82ae1774c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ extern char start_virt_trampolines[];
 extern char end_virt_trampolines[];
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * This assumes the kernel is never compiled -mcmodel=small or
+ * the total .toc is always less than 64k.
+ */
 static inline unsigned long kernel_toc_addr(void)
 {
-	/* Defined by the linker, see vmlinux.lds.S */
-	extern unsigned long __toc_start;
+	unsigned long toc_ptr;
 
-	/*
-	 * The TOC register (r2) points 32kB into the TOC, so that 64kB of
-	 * the TOC can be addressed using a single machine instruction.
-	 */
-	return (unsigned long)(&__toc_start) + 0x8000UL;
+	asm volatile("mr %0, 2" : "=r" (toc_ptr));
+	return toc_ptr;
 }
 
 static inline int overlaps_interrupt_vector_text(unsigned long start,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
index f17ae2083733..a08c050ff645 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ _GLOBAL(relative_toc)
 	blr
 
 .balign 8
-p_toc:	.8byte	__toc_start + 0x8000 - 0b
+p_toc:	.8byte	.TOC. - 0b
 
 /*
  * This is where the main kernel code starts.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index d8301ce7c675..70bf67ed87b5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -352,15 +352,13 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.branch_lt)
 	}
 
-	. = ALIGN(256);
-	.got : AT(ADDR(.got) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
-		__toc_start = .;
+	.got : AT(ADDR(.got) - LOAD_OFFSET) ALIGN(256) {
+		*(.got)
 #ifndef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
 		__prom_init_toc_start = .;
-		arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.o*(.toc .got)
+		arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.o*(.toc)
 		__prom_init_toc_end = .;
 #endif
-		*(.got)
 		*(.toc)
 	}
 #endif