diff --git a/src/stub/Makefile b/src/stub/Makefile
index faab5859..1cbe6efa 100644
--- a/src/stub/Makefile
+++ b/src/stub/Makefile
@@ -592,7 +592,6 @@ arm.v4a-linux.elf-so_entry.h : src/arm.v4a-linux.elf-so_entry.lds \
 tmp/arm.v4a-linux.elf-upxfd_android.o : $(srcdir)/src/upxfd_android.c
 	$(call tc,gcc) -c -O $< -o $@
 	$(call tc,objcopy) --rename-section .text=UMF_ANDROID -R .comment -R .data -R .bss -R .note.GNU-stack $@
-	$(call tc,objcopy) -R .comment $@
 	$(call tc,objdump) -Dr $(tc_objdump_disasm_options) $@ | $(RTRIM) > $@.disasm
 
 tmp/arm.v4a-linux.elf-upxfd_linux.o : $(srcdir)/src/upxfd_linux.c
@@ -1566,14 +1565,12 @@ tmp/mips.r3000-linux.elf-upxfd_linux.o : $(srcdir)/src/upxfd_linux.c
 mips.r3000-linux.elf-fold.h : $(srcdir)/src/$$T.lds \
 	    $(srcdir)/src/$$T.S \
 	    tmp/mips.r3000-linux.elf-main2.s \
-	    tmp/mips.r3000-linux.upxfd_android.s \
 	    tmp/mips.r3000-linux.upxfd_linux.s \
 	    src/mips.r3000-expand.S
 	@echo; echo TARGET: $@; echo
 	cat > tmp/mips.r3000-linux.elf-fold-2.S \
 	    src/mips.r3000-linux.elf-fold.S \
 	    tmp/mips.r3000-linux.elf-main2.s \
-	    tmp/mips.r3000-linux.upxfd_android.s \
 	    tmp/mips.r3000-linux.upxfd_linux.s \
 	    src/mips.r3000-expand.S
 	(cd tmp; ln -sf ../src/arch arch)
@@ -1607,6 +1604,7 @@ tmp/mips.r3000-linux.upxfd_linux.s: $(srcdir)/src/upxfd_linux.c
 	$(call tc,gcc) -S -D__mips__ \
 	    -D_TARGET_LINUX_ -DNO_WANT_MMAP -O $< -o - \
 	    | sed -e '/^\t\.file\t/d' \
+	          -e '/^\t*\.text/s//.section UMF_LINUX/' \
 	          -e 's/L[0-9][0-9]*/L9&/g' \
 	          -e $$(cat src/dollar-dollar.sed) \
 	          -e 's/	j[ 	][ 	]*$$L/	b $$L/' \
@@ -1879,7 +1877,7 @@ tmp/powerpc-linux.elf-main2.o : $(srcdir)/src/$$T.c
 
 tmp/powerpc-linux.elf-upxfd_linux.o : $(srcdir)/src/upxfd_linux.c
 	$(call tc,gcc) -c -O $< -o $@
-	$(call tc,objcopy) -R .comment -R .data -R .bss -R .note.GNU-stack $@
+	$(call tc,objcopy) --rename-section .text=UMF_LINUX -R .comment -R .data -R .bss -R .note.GNU-stack $@
 	$(call tc,objdump) -Dr $(tc_objdump_disasm_options) $@ | $(RTRIM) > $@.disasm
 
 tmp/powerpc-expand.o: $(srcdir)/src/$$T.S
diff --git a/src/stub/src/powerpc-expand.S b/src/stub/src/powerpc-expand.S
index c32d45eb..ec715d36 100644
--- a/src/stub/src/powerpc-expand.S
+++ b/src/stub/src/powerpc-expand.S
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ eof_nrv:
 unfilter:
 #include "arch/powerpc/64/bxx.S"  // unfilter code; args in registers, fall-through return
 
+        .balign 4
+upx_mmap_and_fd: .globl upx_mmap_and_fd
+    // UMF_ANDROID or UMF_LINUX must be loaded after EXP_TAIL
+
 #define NO_METHOD_CHECK 1  /* subsumed here by daisy chain */
 
 #define off  a4
diff --git a/src/stub/src/powerpc-linux.elf-fold.S b/src/stub/src/powerpc-linux.elf-fold.S
index b856e7aa..3ff9afdd 100644
--- a/src/stub/src/powerpc-linux.elf-fold.S
+++ b/src/stub/src/powerpc-linux.elf-fold.S
@@ -269,9 +269,6 @@ sz_auxv= 2*NBPW
 
   section SYSCALLS
 
-upx_mmap_and_fd: .globl upx_mmap_and_fd
-        b upx_mmap_and_fd_linux
-
 SYS_exit=  1
 SYS_fork=  2
 SYS_read=  3