diff --git a/arch/parisc/Makefile b/arch/parisc/Makefile
index d047a09d660f003de3b3059984de4d9974ae646d..1085385e1f06a433ccf840fae55b8f76f613e97a 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/parisc/Makefile
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ ifdef CONFIG_MLONGCALLS
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL += -mlong-calls
 endif
 
+# Without this, "ld -r" results in .text sections that are too big (> 0x40000)
+# for branches to reach stubs. And multiple .text sections trigger a warning
+# when creating the sysfs module information section.
+ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
+KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE += -ffunction-sections
+endif
+
 # select which processor to optimise for
 cflags-$(CONFIG_PA7000)		+= -march=1.1 -mschedule=7100
 cflags-$(CONFIG_PA7200)		+= -march=1.1 -mschedule=7200