diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
index dc3e580d1dca..92ea7743fe8f 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/crash_dump.h>
 #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
+#include <linux/compile.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
@@ -253,8 +254,15 @@ static int version_read_proc(char *page, char **start, off_t off,
 {
 	int len;
 
-	len = sprintf(page, linux_banner,
-		utsname()->release, utsname()->version);
+	/* FIXED STRING! Don't touch! */
+	len = snprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE,
+		"%s version %s"
+		" (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@" LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ")"
+		" (" LINUX_COMPILER ")"
+		" %s\n",
+		utsname()->sysname,
+		utsname()->release,
+		utsname()->version);
 	return proc_calc_metrics(page, start, off, count, eof, len);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index e8bfac34d2ba..b0c4a05a4b0c 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 #include <asm/bug.h>
 
-extern const char linux_banner[];
-
 #define INT_MAX		((int)(~0U>>1))
 #define INT_MIN		(-INT_MAX - 1)
 #define UINT_MAX	(~0U)
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 036f97c0c34c..fcd9ddc3ccf5 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -483,6 +483,12 @@ void __init __attribute__((weak)) smp_setup_processor_id(void)
 {
 }
 
+static const char linux_banner[] =
+	"Linux version " UTS_RELEASE
+	" (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@" LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ")"
+	" (" LINUX_COMPILER ")"
+	" " UTS_VERSION "\n";
+
 asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
 {
 	char * command_line;
@@ -509,7 +515,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
 	boot_cpu_init();
 	page_address_init();
 	printk(KERN_NOTICE);
-	printk(linux_banner, UTS_RELEASE, UTS_VERSION);
+	printk(linux_banner);
 	setup_arch(&command_line);
 	unwind_setup();
 	setup_per_cpu_areas();
diff --git a/init/version.c b/init/version.c
index 2a5dfcd1c2e6..9d96d36501ca 100644
--- a/init/version.c
+++ b/init/version.c
@@ -33,8 +33,3 @@ struct uts_namespace init_uts_ns = {
 	},
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_uts_ns);
-
-const char linux_banner[] =
-	"Linux version %s (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@"
-	LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ") (" LINUX_COMPILER ") %s\n";
-