diff --git a/criu/arch/aarch64/include/asm/vdso.h b/criu/arch/aarch64/include/asm/vdso.h
index 8a65e0947..97a2440ee 100644
--- a/criu/arch/aarch64/include/asm/vdso.h
+++ b/criu/arch/aarch64/include/asm/vdso.h
@@ -16,15 +16,16 @@
  * Workaround for VDSO array symbol table's relocation.
  * XXX: remove when compel/piegen will support aarch64.
  */
-static const char* __maybe_unused aarch_vdso_symbol1 = "__kernel_clock_getres";
-static const char* __maybe_unused aarch_vdso_symbol2 = "__kernel_clock_gettime";
-static const char* __maybe_unused aarch_vdso_symbol3 = "__kernel_gettimeofday";
-static const char* __maybe_unused aarch_vdso_symbol4 = "__kernel_rt_sigreturn";
+#define ARCH_VDSO_SYMBOLS_LIST \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol1 = "__kernel_clock_getres"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol2 = "__kernel_clock_gettime"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol3 = "__kernel_gettimeofday"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol4 = "__kernel_rt_sigreturn";
 
-#define ARCH_VDSO_SYMBOLS			\
-	aarch_vdso_symbol1,			\
-	aarch_vdso_symbol2,			\
-	aarch_vdso_symbol3,			\
+#define ARCH_VDSO_SYMBOLS \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol1, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol2, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol3, \
 	aarch_vdso_symbol4
 
 extern void write_intraprocedure_branch(unsigned long to, unsigned long from);
diff --git a/criu/arch/arm/include/asm/vdso.h b/criu/arch/arm/include/asm/vdso.h
index f57790ac2..e96514e0e 100644
--- a/criu/arch/arm/include/asm/vdso.h
+++ b/criu/arch/arm/include/asm/vdso.h
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@
  */
 #define VDSO_SYMBOL_MAX		2
 #define VDSO_SYMBOL_GTOD	1
-#define ARCH_VDSO_SYMBOLS			\
-	"__vdso_clock_gettime",		\
-	"__vdso_gettimeofday"
+#define ARCH_VDSO_SYMBOLS_LIST \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol1 = "__vdso_clock_gettime"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol2 = "__vdso_gettimeofday";
+#define ARCH_VDSO_SYMBOLS \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol1, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol2,
 
 #endif /* __CR_ASM_VDSO_H__ */
diff --git a/criu/arch/mips/include/asm/vdso.h b/criu/arch/mips/include/asm/vdso.h
index 0e5da159e..c3e9b0176 100755
--- a/criu/arch/mips/include/asm/vdso.h
+++ b/criu/arch/mips/include/asm/vdso.h
@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@
  */
 #define VDSO_SYMBOL_MAX	3
 #define VDSO_SYMBOL_GTOD	0
-#define ARCH_VDSO_SYMBOLS			\
-	"__vdso_clock_gettime",			\
-	"__vdso_gettimeofday",			\
-	"__vdso_clock_getres"
+#define ARCH_VDSO_SYMBOLS_LIST \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol1 = "__vdso_clock_gettime"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol2 = "__vdso_gettimeofday"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol3 = "__vdso_clock_getres";
+#define ARCH_VDSO_SYMBOLS \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol1, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol2, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol3,
 
 
 #endif /* __CR_ASM_VDSO_H__ */
diff --git a/criu/arch/ppc64/include/asm/vdso.h b/criu/arch/ppc64/include/asm/vdso.h
index 6c92348d6..fe0433665 100644
--- a/criu/arch/ppc64/include/asm/vdso.h
+++ b/criu/arch/ppc64/include/asm/vdso.h
@@ -14,16 +14,28 @@
  */
 #define VDSO_SYMBOL_MAX		10
 #define VDSO_SYMBOL_GTOD	5
-#define ARCH_VDSO_SYMBOLS			\
-	"__kernel_clock_getres",		\
-	"__kernel_clock_gettime",		\
-	"__kernel_get_syscall_map",		\
-	"__kernel_get_tbfreq",			\
-	"__kernel_getcpu",			\
-	"__kernel_gettimeofday",		\
-	"__kernel_sigtramp_rt64",		\
-	"__kernel_sync_dicache",		\
-	"__kernel_sync_dicache_p5",		\
-	"__kernel_time"
+#define ARCH_VDSO_SYMBOLS_LIST \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol1 = "__kernel_clock_getres"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol2 = "__kernel_clock_gettime"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol3 = "__kernel_get_syscall_map"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol4 = "__kernel_get_tbfreq"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol5 = "__kernel_getcpu"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol6 = "__kernel_gettimeofday"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol7 = "__kernel_sigtramp_rt64"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol8 = "__kernel_sync_dicache"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol9 = "__kernel_sync_dicache_p5"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol10 = "__kernel_time";
+
+#define ARCH_VDSO_SYMBOLS \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol1, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol2, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol3, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol4, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol5, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol6, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol7, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol8, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol9, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol10
 
 #endif /* __CR_ASM_VDSO_H__ */
diff --git a/criu/arch/s390/include/asm/vdso.h b/criu/arch/s390/include/asm/vdso.h
index c54d848ad..ac71f5981 100644
--- a/criu/arch/s390/include/asm/vdso.h
+++ b/criu/arch/s390/include/asm/vdso.h
@@ -12,13 +12,18 @@
 #define VDSO_SYMBOL_GTOD	0
 
 /*
- * This definition is used in pie/util-vdso.c to initialize the vdso symbol
+ * These definitions are used in pie/util-vdso.c to initialize the vdso symbol
  * name string table 'vdso_symbols'
  */
-#define ARCH_VDSO_SYMBOLS				\
-	"__kernel_gettimeofday",			\
-	"__kernel_clock_gettime",			\
-	"__kernel_clock_getres",			\
-	"__kernel_getcpu"
+#define ARCH_VDSO_SYMBOLS_LIST \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol1 = "__kernel_gettimeofday"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol2 = "__kernel_clock_gettime"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol3 = "__kernel_clock_getres"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol4 = "__kernel_getcpu";
+#define ARCH_VDSO_SYMBOLS \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol1, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol2, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol3, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol4
 
 #endif /* __CR_ASM_VDSO_H__ */
diff --git a/criu/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso.h b/criu/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso.h
index 28ae2d15a..54d1fba69 100644
--- a/criu/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso.h
+++ b/criu/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso.h
@@ -35,13 +35,22 @@
  * vsyscall will be patched again when addressing:
  * https://github.com/checkpoint-restore/criu/issues/512
  */
-#define ARCH_VDSO_SYMBOLS			\
-	"__vdso_clock_gettime",			\
-	"__vdso_getcpu",			\
-	"__vdso_gettimeofday",			\
-	"__vdso_time",				\
-	"__kernel_sigreturn",			\
-	"__kernel_rt_sigreturn"
+
+#define ARCH_VDSO_SYMBOLS_LIST \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol1 = "__vdso_clock_gettime"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol2 = "__vdso_getcpu"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol3 = "__vdso_gettimeofday"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol4 = "__vdso_time"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol5 = "__kernel_sigreturn"; \
+	const char* aarch_vdso_symbol6 = "__kernel_rt_sigreturn";
+
+#define ARCH_VDSO_SYMBOLS \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol1, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol2, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol3, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol4, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol5, \
+	aarch_vdso_symbol6
 
 /*	"__kernel_vsyscall",			*/
 
diff --git a/criu/pie/util-vdso.c b/criu/pie/util-vdso.c
index ff91a3b12..5e1f128e8 100644
--- a/criu/pie/util-vdso.c
+++ b/criu/pie/util-vdso.c
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ static void parse_elf_symbols(uintptr_t mem, size_t size, Phdr_t *load,
 		struct vdso_symtable *t, uintptr_t dynsymbol_names,
 		Hash_t *hash, Dyn_t *dyn_symtab)
 {
+	ARCH_VDSO_SYMBOLS_LIST
+
 	const char *vdso_symbols[VDSO_SYMBOL_MAX] = {
 		ARCH_VDSO_SYMBOLS
 	};