diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/boot/x86_64.S b/xen/arch/x86/boot/x86_64.S
index 08ae97e261..95a6b6cf63 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/boot/x86_64.S
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/boot/x86_64.S
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ END(idle_pg_table)
 GLOBAL(__page_tables_end)
 
 /* Init pagetables. Enough page directories to map into 4GB. */
-        .section .init.data, "aw", @progbits
+        .section .init.data.page_aligned, "aw", @progbits
 
 DATA_LOCAL(l1_bootmap, PAGE_SIZE)
         .fill L1_PAGETABLE_ENTRIES, 8, 0
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S b/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S
index bf956b6c5f..636c7768aa 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ SECTIONS
   DECL_SECTION(.init.data) {
 #endif
        *(.init.bss.stack_aligned)
+       *(.init.data.page_aligned)
 
        . = ALIGN(POINTER_ALIGN);
        __initdata_cf_clobber_start = .;