diff --git a/sys/sys/cdefs.h b/sys/sys/cdefs.h
index 1d1fe2965c69..ff461db9ec2e 100644
--- a/sys/sys/cdefs.h
+++ b/sys/sys/cdefs.h
@@ -563,8 +563,8 @@
 #endif	/* __STDC__ */
 #endif	/* __GNUC__ */
 
-#define	__GLOBL1(sym)	__asm__(".globl " #sym)
-#define	__GLOBL(sym)	__GLOBL1(sym)
+#define	__GLOBL(sym)	__asm__(".globl " __XSTRING(sym))
+#define	__WEAK(sym)	__asm__(".weak " __XSTRING(sym))
 
 #if defined(__GNUC__)
 #define	__IDSTRING(name,string)	__asm__(".ident\t\"" string "\"")
diff --git a/sys/sys/linker_set.h b/sys/sys/linker_set.h
index 6169a3499dad..f957858ada04 100644
--- a/sys/sys/linker_set.h
+++ b/sys/sys/linker_set.h
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@
  */
 #ifdef __GNUCLIKE___SECTION
 #define __MAKE_SET_QV(set, sym, qv)			\
-	__GLOBL(__CONCAT(__start_set_,set));		\
-	__GLOBL(__CONCAT(__stop_set_,set));		\
+	__WEAK(__CONCAT(__start_set_,set));		\
+	__WEAK(__CONCAT(__stop_set_,set));		\
 	static void const * qv				\
 	__set_##set##_sym_##sym __section("set_" #set)	\
 	__nosanitizeaddress				\