diff --git a/reactos/hal/halx86/include/halp.h b/reactos/hal/halx86/include/halp.h
index cbb372a1e47..c7b921fb75c 100644
--- a/reactos/hal/halx86/include/halp.h
+++ b/reactos/hal/halx86/include/halp.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #define PLACE_IN_SECTION(s)	__attribute__((section (s)))
 #ifdef __GNUC__
-#define INIT_FUNCTION		PLACE_IN_SECTION("init")
+#define INIT_FUNCTION
 #define PAGE_LOCKED_FUNCTION	PLACE_IN_SECTION("pagelk")
 #define PAGE_UNLOCKED_FUNCTION	PLACE_IN_SECTION("pagepo")
 #else
diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/include/internal/ntoskrnl.h b/reactos/ntoskrnl/include/internal/ntoskrnl.h
index f5354eea293..ceb4800423f 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/include/internal/ntoskrnl.h
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/include/internal/ntoskrnl.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 #define PLACE_IN_SECTION(s)	__attribute__((section (s)))
 #ifdef __GNUC__
-#define INIT_FUNCTION		PLACE_IN_SECTION("INIT")
+#define INIT_FUNCTION
 #define PAGE_LOCKED_FUNCTION	PLACE_IN_SECTION("pagelk")
 #define PAGE_UNLOCKED_FUNCTION	PLACE_IN_SECTION("pagepo")
 #else