diff --git a/common/console.c b/common/console.c
index 7199d9a..889c262 100644
--- a/common/console.c
+++ b/common/console.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 	printf(RELOC("Board: " CONFIG_BOARDINFO "\n"));
 }
 
-static int __initdata initialized = 0;
+static int __early_initdata initialized = 0;
 
 static int console_std_set(struct device_d *dev, struct param_d *param,
 		const char *val)
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tstc);
 
-void __initdata *early_console_base;
+void __early_initdata *early_console_base;
 
 void console_putc(unsigned int ch, char c)
 {
diff --git a/include/reloc.h b/include/reloc.h
index a5ad757..22cb886 100644
--- a/include/reloc.h
+++ b/include/reloc.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  * put a variable into early init RAM. This section will
  * be relocated into SRAM during early init
  */
-#define __initdata	__attribute__ ((__section__ (".early_init_data")))
+#define __early_initdata	__attribute__ ((__section__ (".early_init_data")))
 
 /* Access init data */
 #define INITDATA(var) *(typeof(var) *)((ulong)(&var) - \
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 #define RELOC(a) a
 #define RELOC_VAR(v) v
 
-#define __initdata
+#define __early_initdata
 
 #define INITDATA(var)	var