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)