diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h
index 1b7cda17c34e..71844dbc963b 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ extern struct thermal_governor *__governor_thermal_table_end[];
 
 #define THERMAL_TABLE_ENTRY(table, name)			\
 	static typeof(name) *__thermal_table_entry_##name	\
-	__used __section("__" ## table ## "_thermal_table") = &name
+	__used __section("__" #table "_thermal_table") = &name
 
 #define THERMAL_GOVERNOR_DECLARE(name)	THERMAL_TABLE_ENTRY(governor, name)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h
index 71e74771ce35..b2459fc411cf 100644
--- a/include/linux/of.h
+++ b/include/linux/of.h
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ static inline int of_get_available_child_count(const struct device_node *np)
 #if defined(CONFIG_OF) && !defined(MODULE)
 #define _OF_DECLARE(table, name, compat, fn, fn_type)			\
 	static const struct of_device_id __of_table_##name		\
-		__used __section("__" ## table ## "_of_table")		\
+		__used __section("__" #table "_of_table")		\
 		 = { .compatible = compat,				\
 		     .data = (fn == (fn_type)NULL) ? fn : fn  }
 #else
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 820eed87fb43..f2c70d1d5a2a 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -2176,7 +2176,7 @@ static void add_header(struct buffer *b, struct module *mod)
 	buf_printf(b, "MODULE_INFO(name, KBUILD_MODNAME);\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "__visible struct module __this_module\n");
-	buf_printf(b, "__section(.gnu.linkonce.this_module) = {\n");
+	buf_printf(b, "__section(\".gnu.linkonce.this_module\") = {\n");
 	buf_printf(b, "\t.name = KBUILD_MODNAME,\n");
 	if (mod->has_init)
 		buf_printf(b, "\t.init = init_module,\n");