diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
index 7145ce6999822613f7923ae936b9d70a85044de4..eca6c452a41bd16d14a4631a3e61e65cc3467ada 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@
 	__preinit_array_end = .;
   }
   .init_array : {
-        /* dummy - we call this ourselves */
 	__init_array_start = .;
+	*(.init_array)
 	__init_array_end = .;
   }
   .fini_array : {
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
index c69d69ee96bebae0c8125dbd2cd9b468398e2710..f5001481010c0a5cb80a60b1d8ab5ad0e9c4ce5d 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ SECTIONS
      be empty, which isn't pretty.  */
   . = ALIGN(32 / 8);
   .preinit_array     : { *(.preinit_array) }
+  .init_array     : { *(.init_array) }
   .fini_array     : { *(.fini_array) }
   .data           : {
     INIT_TASK_DATA(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE)
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index a34064a031a5ed785eb4c7bab830408f1fb2608a..47d40f39900053eeaad547a1adb7ce5e6a60f014 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ config CC_DISABLE_WARN_MAYBE_UNINITIALIZED
 
 config CONSTRUCTORS
 	bool
+	depends on !UML
 
 config IRQ_WORK
 	bool
diff --git a/kernel/gcov/Kconfig b/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
index 060e8e726755f02ddd18572f6e1279678d184510..3941a9c48f833b3c9de3ee594a9ff5051d69fc5b 100644
--- a/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ menu "GCOV-based kernel profiling"
 config GCOV_KERNEL
 	bool "Enable gcov-based kernel profiling"
 	depends on DEBUG_FS
-	select CONSTRUCTORS
+	select CONSTRUCTORS if !UML
 	default n
 	---help---
 	This option enables gcov-based code profiling (e.g. for code coverage