diff --git a/plat/arm/board/arm_fpga/build_axf.ld.S b/plat/arm/board/arm_fpga/build_axf.ld.S
index d8254e5..bd3d163 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/arm_fpga/build_axf.ld.S
+++ b/plat/arm/board/arm_fpga/build_axf.ld.S
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2020, ARM Limited. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  *
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 		KEEP(*(.kern_tramp))
 	}
 
-	/DISCARD/ : { *(stacks) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.stacks) }
 	/DISCARD/ : { *(.debug_*) }
 	/DISCARD/ : { *(.note*) }
 	/DISCARD/ : { *(.comment*) }
diff --git a/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_el3_spmc.c b/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_el3_spmc.c
index 2b347ed..6b44f63 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_el3_spmc.c
+++ b/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_el3_spmc.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #define PLAT_SPMC_SHMEM_DATASTORE_SIZE 512 * 1024
 
-__section("arm_el3_tzc_dram") static uint8_t
+__section(".arm_el3_tzc_dram") static uint8_t
 plat_spmc_shmem_datastore[PLAT_SPMC_SHMEM_DATASTORE_SIZE];
 
 int plat_spmc_shmem_datastore_get(uint8_t **datastore, size_t *size)
diff --git a/plat/arm/common/aarch64/arm_helpers.S b/plat/arm/common/aarch64/arm_helpers.S
index b470781..ed85ea1 100644
--- a/plat/arm/common/aarch64/arm_helpers.S
+++ b/plat/arm/common/aarch64/arm_helpers.S
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 	 * Single cpu stack in coherent memory.
 	 * ----------------------------------------------------
 	 */
-declare_stack platform_coherent_stacks, tzfw_coherent_mem, \
+declare_stack platform_coherent_stacks, .tzfw_coherent_mem, \
 		PLATFORM_STACK_SIZE, 1, CACHE_WRITEBACK_GRANULE
 
 #endif	/* defined(IMAGE_BL1) || defined(IMAGE_BL2) */
diff --git a/plat/arm/common/arm_gicv3.c b/plat/arm/common/arm_gicv3.c
index 469e22a..1c95afb 100644
--- a/plat/arm/common/arm_gicv3.c
+++ b/plat/arm/common/arm_gicv3.c
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
  * data in the designated EL3 Secure carve-out memory. The `used` attribute
  * is used to prevent the compiler from removing the gicv3 contexts.
  */
-static gicv3_redist_ctx_t rdist_ctx __section("arm_el3_tzc_dram") __used;
-static gicv3_dist_ctx_t dist_ctx __section("arm_el3_tzc_dram") __used;
+static gicv3_redist_ctx_t rdist_ctx __section(".arm_el3_tzc_dram") __used;
+static gicv3_dist_ctx_t dist_ctx __section(".arm_el3_tzc_dram") __used;
 
 /* Define accessor function to get reference to the GICv3 context */
 DEFINE_LOAD_SYM_ADDR(rdist_ctx)