diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 756325dd480e40ba5cfe5056d23e2675d04ed6da..f05288be8878fb86efcf4bcae6b95fdafe69073d 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ SECTIONS
 #endif
         .text :
 	{
+	_text = .;
 #if defined(CONFIG_ROMKERNEL)
 	*(.int_redirect)
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 58afa8be604ea1f1f6ab308e3634ea258f63c4bc..2b2a10da64a4b3af8e8daebaadc876314bc8fcd9 100644
--- a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ SECTIONS {
 #endif
 
 	.text : {
+		_text = .;
 		_stext = . ;
         	*(.text)
 		SCHED_TEXT
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index e8342d86753675d0ad20b3866bcdb12165d30d49..04b98671a0608d6ced7470712291bde24d3e01ac 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	/* Text and gots */
 	.text : {
+		_text = .;
 		*(.text .text.*)
 		SCHED_TEXT
 		LOCK_TEXT
diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 16e8661e1fec331cf5fee951288ca6440de0e09b..61921268a0d00c290e7dfd1db163a8311d934461 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ SECTIONS
   .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
+    _text = .;
     *(.text)
     SCHED_TEXT
     LOCK_TEXT
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 5cc5ff7f8824d04f12665e12423b970fbf273553..b73e6b9067eddf5ba48ea26d503c607f67d2ea60 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ SECTIONS
   . = 0x10000 + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
   .text 0xf0004000 :
   {
+    _text = .;
     *(.text)
     SCHED_TEXT
     LOCK_TEXT
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sparc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index bd9de8c2a2aa1c29158134d0bdaf04754efc8703..4a6063f33e7a4155e084cd50ba58a2617f3fa3c3 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SECTIONS
   . = 0x4000;
   .text 0x0000000000404000 :
   {
+    _text = .;
     *(.text)
     SCHED_TEXT
     LOCK_TEXT
diff --git a/arch/v850/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/v850/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 88d087f527c9ff20b3e7bc591685e6c0cf309367..3a5fd07fe064cef52b7e0a7a0ec42bfb04192168 100644
--- a/arch/v850/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/v850/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 
 /* Kernel text segment, and some constant data areas.  */
 #define TEXT_CONTENTS							      \
+		_text = .;						      \
 		__stext = . ;						      \
         	*(.text)						      \
 		SCHED_TEXT						      \
diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index 22d281c6ec244c16bb0dc1c870e7f5c5ce913fb5..4c1ad0acbb4b096ac056755b407ab743235b7f1a 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ struct sym_entry {
 
 static struct sym_entry *table;
 static unsigned int table_size, table_cnt;
-static unsigned long long _stext, _etext, _sinittext, _einittext, _sextratext, _eextratext;
+static unsigned long long _text, _stext, _etext, _sinittext, _einittext, _sextratext, _eextratext;
 static int all_symbols = 0;
 static char symbol_prefix_char = '\0';
 
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ static int read_symbol(FILE *in, struct sym_entry *s)
 		sym++;
 
 	/* Ignore most absolute/undefined (?) symbols. */
-	if (strcmp(sym, "_stext") == 0)
+	if (strcmp(sym, "_text") == 0)
+		_text = s->addr;
+	else if (strcmp(sym, "_stext") == 0)
 		_stext = s->addr;
 	else if (strcmp(sym, "_etext") == 0)
 		_etext = s->addr;
@@ -265,9 +267,21 @@ static void write_src(void)
 
 	printf(".data\n");
 
+	/* Provide proper symbols relocatability by their '_text'
+	 * relativeness.  The symbol names cannot be used to construct
+	 * normal symbol references as the list of symbols contains
+	 * symbols that are declared static and are private to their
+	 * .o files.  This prevents .tmp_kallsyms.o or any other
+	 * object from referencing them.
+	 */
 	output_label("kallsyms_addresses");
 	for (i = 0; i < table_cnt; i++) {
-		printf("\tPTR\t%#llx\n", table[i].addr);
+		if (toupper(table[i].sym[0]) != 'A') {
+			printf("\tPTR\t_text + %#llx\n",
+				table[i].addr - _text);
+		} else {
+			printf("\tPTR\t%#llx\n", table[i].addr);
+		}
 	}
 	printf("\n");