diff --git a/board/dbau1x00/u-boot.lds b/board/dbau1x00/u-boot.lds
index 75a3af64b99d0c2a5e184fd826ac729da07fef3a..9c71ef7e4b7582dbafee992df85561aa855e8254 100644
--- a/board/dbau1x00/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/dbau1x00/u-boot.lds
@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	_gp = ALIGN(16);
 
-	__got_start = .;
-	.got  : { *(.got) }
-	__got_end = .;
+	.got : {
+	  __got_start = .;
+	  *(.got)
+	  __got_end = .;
+	}
 
 	.sdata  : { *(.sdata) }
 
diff --git a/board/gth2/u-boot.lds b/board/gth2/u-boot.lds
index 69c8c9d51a813da8ba1984f0c969f70df308cb8c..0ab42db1b01596d8f3463bbba4811de7b559e0f9 100644
--- a/board/gth2/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/gth2/u-boot.lds
@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	_gp = ALIGN(16);
 
-	__got_start = .;
-	.got  : { *(.got) }
-	__got_end = .;
+	.got : {
+	  __got_start = .;
+	  *(.got)
+	  __got_end = .;
+	}
 
 	.sdata  : { *(.sdata) }
 
diff --git a/board/incaip/u-boot.lds b/board/incaip/u-boot.lds
index 75a3af64b99d0c2a5e184fd826ac729da07fef3a..9c71ef7e4b7582dbafee992df85561aa855e8254 100644
--- a/board/incaip/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/incaip/u-boot.lds
@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	_gp = ALIGN(16);
 
-	__got_start = .;
-	.got  : { *(.got) }
-	__got_end = .;
+	.got : {
+	  __got_start = .;
+	  *(.got)
+	  __got_end = .;
+	}
 
 	.sdata  : { *(.sdata) }
 
diff --git a/board/pb1x00/u-boot.lds b/board/pb1x00/u-boot.lds
index 865be77bf3d0af8ae89e395437add366d424e3ab..7329e6aaa09b0829c6aea933d012c942466514fd 100644
--- a/board/pb1x00/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/pb1x00/u-boot.lds
@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	_gp = ALIGN(16);
 
-	__got_start = .;
-	.got  : { *(.got) }
-	__got_end = .;
+	.got : {
+	  __got_start = .;
+	  *(.got)
+	  __got_end = .;
+	}
 
 	.sdata  : { *(.sdata) }
 
diff --git a/board/purple/u-boot.lds b/board/purple/u-boot.lds
index 6b3783f6643934a76e9361612e4e6330854155d2..aa51cbf07c52960987813c6068b95fa346d3770d 100644
--- a/board/purple/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/purple/u-boot.lds
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	_gp = ALIGN(16);
 
-	__got_start = .;
-	.got  : { *(.got) }
-	__got_end = .;
+	.got : {
+	  __got_start = .;
+	  *(.got)
+	  __got_end = .;
+	}
 
 	.sdata  : { *(.sdata) }
 
diff --git a/board/tb0229/u-boot.lds b/board/tb0229/u-boot.lds
index 26d8c818b19c5ee08191a6c3fbcdd2587164c8b0..148f5e670b84970088909db29a73c546877ab563 100644
--- a/board/tb0229/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/tb0229/u-boot.lds
@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	_gp = ALIGN(16);
 
-	__got_start = .;
-	.got  : { *(.got) }
-	__got_end = .;
+	.got : {
+	  __got_start = .;
+	  *(.got)
+	  __got_end = .;
+	}
 
 	.sdata  : { *(.sdata) }
 
diff --git a/examples/mips.lds b/examples/mips.lds
index 6f31eb7198ee8b1ca5e323de061432d6b66bd25f..3bd573cc54a18bac9390de899732e567b1cd2e85 100644
--- a/examples/mips.lds
+++ b/examples/mips.lds
@@ -41,9 +41,11 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	_gp = ALIGN(16);
 
-	__got_start = .;
-	.got  : { *(.got) }
-	__got_end = .;
+	.got : {
+	  __got_start = .;
+	  *(.got)
+	  __got_end = .;
+	}
 
 	.sdata  : { *(.sdata) }