diff --git a/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index c96ba3da95ac..f4aa07934654 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ SECTIONS
   __init_end = .;
   /* freed after init ends here */
 
-  BSS(4)
+  BSS_SECTION(0, PAGE_SIZE, 4)
 
   _end = . ;
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index a553f1041cf1..6ad76bf5fb40 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@
  *	EXCEPTION_TABLE(...)
  *	NOTES
  *
- *	__bss_start = .;
- *	BSS_SECTION(0, 0)
- *	__bss_stop = .;
+ *	BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0)
  *	_end = .;
  *
  *	/DISCARD/ : {
@@ -489,7 +487,8 @@
  * bss (Block Started by Symbol) - uninitialized data
  * zeroed during startup
  */
-#define SBSS								\
+#define SBSS(sbss_align)						\
+	. = ALIGN(sbss_align);						\
 	.sbss : AT(ADDR(.sbss) - LOAD_OFFSET) {				\
 		*(.sbss)						\
 		*(.scommon)						\
@@ -498,12 +497,10 @@
 #define BSS(bss_align)							\
 	. = ALIGN(bss_align);						\
 	.bss : AT(ADDR(.bss) - LOAD_OFFSET) {				\
-		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__bss_start) = .;			\
 		*(.bss.page_aligned)					\
 		*(.dynbss)						\
 		*(.bss)							\
 		*(COMMON)						\
-		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__bss_stop) = .;				\
 	}
 
 /*
@@ -735,8 +732,10 @@
 		INIT_RAM_FS						\
 	}
 
-#define BSS_SECTION(sbss_align, bss_align)				\
-	SBSS								\
+#define BSS_SECTION(sbss_align, bss_align, stop_align)			\
+	. = ALIGN(sbss_align);						\
+	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__bss_start) = .;				\
+	SBSS(sbss_align)						\
 	BSS(bss_align)							\
-	. = ALIGN(4);
-
+	. = ALIGN(stop_align);						\
+	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__bss_stop) = .;
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.c b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.c
index 86d95cca46a7..f2375ad7ebc9 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.c
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
  *  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  */
 
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
 #include "dialog.h"
 
 struct dialog_info dlg;
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c b/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
index 3bcacb4bfd3a..25b60bc117f7 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
@@ -888,6 +888,8 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 			single_menu_mode = 1;
 	}
 
+	initscr();
+
 	getyx(stdscr, saved_y, saved_x);
 	if (init_dialog(NULL)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, N_("Your display is too small to run Menuconfig!\n"));
diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index b19f1f4962e3..8b357b0bd250 100644
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ for script in postinst postrm preinst prerm ; do
 set -e
 
 # Pass maintainer script parameters to hook scripts
-export DEB_MAINT_PARAMS="\$@"
+export DEB_MAINT_PARAMS="\$*"
 
 test -d $debhookdir/$script.d && run-parts --arg="$version" $debhookdir/$script.d
 exit 0