diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index f7749d0f2562..e8449be62058 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -448,11 +448,30 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Some symbol definitions will not exist yet during the first pass of the
+ * link, but are guaranteed to exist in the final link. Provide preliminary
+ * definitions that will be superseded in the final link to avoid having to
+ * rely on weak external linkage, which requires a GOT when used in position
+ * independent code.
+ */
+#define PRELIMINARY_SYMBOL_DEFINITIONS					\
+	PROVIDE(kallsyms_addresses = .);				\
+	PROVIDE(kallsyms_offsets = .);					\
+	PROVIDE(kallsyms_names = .);					\
+	PROVIDE(kallsyms_num_syms = .);					\
+	PROVIDE(kallsyms_relative_base = .);				\
+	PROVIDE(kallsyms_token_table = .);				\
+	PROVIDE(kallsyms_token_index = .);				\
+	PROVIDE(kallsyms_markers = .);					\
+	PROVIDE(kallsyms_seqs_of_names = .);
+
 /*
  * Read only Data
  */
 #define RO_DATA(align)							\
 	. = ALIGN((align));						\
+	PRELIMINARY_SYMBOL_DEFINITIONS					\
 	.rodata           : AT(ADDR(.rodata) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
 		__start_rodata = .;					\
 		*(.rodata) *(.rodata.*)					\
diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
index 18edd57b5fe8..22ea19a36e6e 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -325,12 +325,6 @@ static unsigned long get_symbol_pos(unsigned long addr,
 	unsigned long symbol_start = 0, symbol_end = 0;
 	unsigned long i, low, high, mid;
 
-	/* This kernel should never had been booted. */
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KALLSYMS_BASE_RELATIVE))
-		BUG_ON(!kallsyms_addresses);
-	else
-		BUG_ON(!kallsyms_offsets);
-
 	/* Do a binary search on the sorted kallsyms_addresses array. */
 	low = 0;
 	high = kallsyms_num_syms;
diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms_internal.h b/kernel/kallsyms_internal.h
index 27fabdcc40f5..85480274fc8f 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms_internal.h
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms_internal.h
@@ -5,27 +5,21 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 /*
- * These will be re-linked against their real values
- * during the second link stage.
+ * These will be re-linked against their real values during the second link
+ * stage. Preliminary values must be provided in the linker script using the
+ * PROVIDE() directive so that the first link stage can complete successfully.
  */
-extern const unsigned long kallsyms_addresses[] __weak;
-extern const int kallsyms_offsets[] __weak;
-extern const u8 kallsyms_names[] __weak;
+extern const unsigned long kallsyms_addresses[];
+extern const int kallsyms_offsets[];
+extern const u8 kallsyms_names[];
 
-/*
- * Tell the compiler that the count isn't in the small data section if the arch
- * has one (eg: FRV).
- */
-extern const unsigned int kallsyms_num_syms
-__section(".rodata") __attribute__((weak));
+extern const unsigned int kallsyms_num_syms;
+extern const unsigned long kallsyms_relative_base;
 
-extern const unsigned long kallsyms_relative_base
-__section(".rodata") __attribute__((weak));
+extern const char kallsyms_token_table[];
+extern const u16 kallsyms_token_index[];
 
-extern const char kallsyms_token_table[] __weak;
-extern const u16 kallsyms_token_index[] __weak;
-
-extern const unsigned int kallsyms_markers[] __weak;
-extern const u8 kallsyms_seqs_of_names[] __weak;
+extern const unsigned int kallsyms_markers[];
+extern const u8 kallsyms_seqs_of_names[];
 
 #endif // LINUX_KALLSYMS_INTERNAL_H_