diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/bug.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/bug.h
index 4e6e88a..2244a94e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/bug.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/bug.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ do {								\
 		".pushsection .rodata.str, \"aMS\", %progbits, 1\n" \
 		"2:\t.asciz " #__file "\n" 			\
 		".popsection\n" 				\
-		".pushsection __bug_table,\"a\"\n"		\
+		".pushsection __bug_table,\"aw\"\n"		\
 		".align 2\n"					\
 		"3:\t.word 1b, 2b\n"				\
 		"\t.hword " #__line ", 0\n"			\
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/bug.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/bug.h
index 366448e..a02a571 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/bug.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/bug.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_BUG
 
 #define __BUG_ENTRY(flags) 				\
-		".pushsection __bug_table,\"a\"\n\t"	\
+		".pushsection __bug_table,\"aw\"\n\t"	\
 		".align 2\n\t"				\
 	"0:	.long 1f - 0b\n\t"			\
 _BUGVERBOSE_LOCATION(__FILE__, __LINE__)		\
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/bug.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/bug.h
index 8d9b1eb..76b2e82 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/bug.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/bug.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #define _BUG_OR_WARN(flags)						\
 	asm volatile(							\
 		"1:	.hword	%0\n"					\
-		"	.section __bug_table,\"a\",@progbits\n"		\
+		"	.section __bug_table,\"aw\",@progbits\n"	\
 		"2:	.long	1b\n"					\
 		"	.long	%1\n"					\
 		"	.short	%2\n"					\
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #define _BUG_OR_WARN(flags)						\
 	asm volatile(							\
 		"1:	.hword	%0\n"					\
-		"	.section __bug_table,\"a\",@progbits\n"		\
+		"	.section __bug_table,\"aw\",@progbits\n"	\
 		"2:	.long	1b\n"					\
 		"	.short	%1\n"					\
 		"	.org	2b + %2\n"				\
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/bug.h b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/bug.h
index aa6a388..811414f 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/bug.h
+++ b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/bug.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ do {								\
 	asm volatile(						\
 		"	syscall 15			\n"	\
 		"0:					\n"	\
-		"	.section __bug_table,\"a\"	\n"	\
+		"	.section __bug_table,\"aw\"	\n"	\
 		"	.long 0b,%0,%1			\n"	\
 		"	.previous			\n"	\
 		:						\
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/bug.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/bug.h
index d274227..07ea467 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/bug.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/bug.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	do {								\
 		asm volatile("\n"					\
 			     "1:\t" PARISC_BUG_BREAK_ASM "\n"		\
-			     "\t.pushsection __bug_table,\"a\"\n"	\
+			     "\t.pushsection __bug_table,\"aw\"\n"	\
 			     "2:\t" ASM_WORD_INSN "1b, %c0\n"		\
 			     "\t.short %c1, %c2\n"			\
 			     "\t.org 2b+%c3\n"				\
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 	do {								\
 		asm volatile("\n"					\
 			     "1:\t" PARISC_BUG_BREAK_ASM "\n"		\
-			     "\t.pushsection __bug_table,\"a\"\n"	\
+			     "\t.pushsection __bug_table,\"aw\"\n"	\
 			     "2:\t" ASM_WORD_INSN "1b, %c0\n"		\
 			     "\t.short %c1, %c2\n"			\
 			     "\t.org 2b+%c3\n"				\
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 	do {								\
 		asm volatile("\n"					\
 			     "1:\t" PARISC_BUG_BREAK_ASM "\n"		\
-			     "\t.pushsection __bug_table,\"a\"\n"	\
+			     "\t.pushsection __bug_table,\"aw\"\n"	\
 			     "2:\t" ASM_WORD_INSN "1b\n"		\
 			     "\t.short %c0\n"				\
 			     "\t.org 2b+%c1\n"				\
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bug.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bug.h
index 0151af6..87fcc19 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bug.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bug.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
 .macro EMIT_BUG_ENTRY addr,file,line,flags
-	 .section __bug_table,"a"
+	 .section __bug_table,"aw"
 5001:	 PPC_LONG \addr, 5002f
 	 .short \line, \flags
 	 .org 5001b+BUG_ENTRY_SIZE
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .endm
 #else
 .macro EMIT_BUG_ENTRY addr,file,line,flags
-	 .section __bug_table,"a"
+	 .section __bug_table,"aw"
 5001:	 PPC_LONG \addr
 	 .short \flags
 	 .org 5001b+BUG_ENTRY_SIZE
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
    sizeof(struct bug_entry), respectively */
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
 #define _EMIT_BUG_ENTRY				\
-	".section __bug_table,\"a\"\n"		\
+	".section __bug_table,\"aw\"\n"		\
 	"2:\t" PPC_LONG "1b, %0\n"		\
 	"\t.short %1, %2\n"			\
 	".org 2b+%3\n"				\
 	".previous\n"
 #else
 #define _EMIT_BUG_ENTRY				\
-	".section __bug_table,\"a\"\n"		\
+	".section __bug_table,\"aw\"\n"		\
 	"2:\t" PPC_LONG "1b\n"			\
 	"\t.short %2\n"				\
 	".org 2b+%3\n"				\
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/bug.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/bug.h
index 1bbd9db..ce9cc12 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/bug.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/bug.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 		".section .rodata.str,\"aMS\",@progbits,1\n"	\
 		"2:	.asciz	\""__FILE__"\"\n"		\
 		".previous\n"					\
-		".section __bug_table,\"a\"\n"			\
+		".section __bug_table,\"aw\"\n"			\
 		"3:	.long	1b-3b,2b-3b\n"			\
 		"	.short	%0,%1\n"			\
 		"	.org	3b+%2\n"			\
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 	asm volatile(					\
 		"0:	j	0b+2\n"			\
 		"1:\n"					\
-		".section __bug_table,\"a\"\n"		\
+		".section __bug_table,\"aw\"\n"		\
 		"2:	.long	1b-2b\n"		\
 		"	.short	%0\n"			\
 		"	.org	2b+%1\n"		\
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/bug.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/bug.h
index 1b77f068..986c878 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/bug.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/bug.h
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
 #define _EMIT_BUG_ENTRY				\
-	"\t.pushsection __bug_table,\"a\"\n"	\
+	"\t.pushsection __bug_table,\"aw\"\n"	\
 	"2:\t.long 1b, %O1\n"			\
 	"\t.short %O2, %O3\n"			\
 	"\t.org 2b+%O4\n"			\
 	"\t.popsection\n"
 #else
 #define _EMIT_BUG_ENTRY				\
-	"\t.pushsection __bug_table,\"a\"\n"	\
+	"\t.pushsection __bug_table,\"aw\"\n"	\
 	"2:\t.long 1b\n"			\
 	"\t.short %O3\n"			\
 	"\t.org 2b+%O4\n"			\
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/bug.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/bug.h
index 39e702d..aa6b202 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/bug.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/bug.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #define _BUG_FLAGS(ins, flags)						\
 do {									\
 	asm volatile("1:\t" ins "\n"					\
-		     ".pushsection __bug_table,\"a\"\n"			\
+		     ".pushsection __bug_table,\"aw\"\n"		\
 		     "2:\t" __BUG_REL(1b) "\t# bug_entry::bug_addr\n"	\
 		     "\t"  __BUG_REL(%c0) "\t# bug_entry::file\n"	\
 		     "\t.word %c1"        "\t# bug_entry::line\n"	\
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ do {									\
 #define _BUG_FLAGS(ins, flags)						\
 do {									\
 	asm volatile("1:\t" ins "\n"					\
-		     ".pushsection __bug_table,\"a\"\n"			\
+		     ".pushsection __bug_table,\"aw\"\n"		\
 		     "2:\t" __BUG_REL(1b) "\t# bug_entry::bug_addr\n"	\
 		     "\t.word %c0"        "\t# bug_entry::flags\n"	\
 		     "\t.org 2b+%c1\n"					\