diff --git a/plat/renesas/common/aarch64/platform_common.c b/plat/renesas/common/aarch64/platform_common.c
index b0a88cb..17ccb28 100644
--- a/plat/renesas/common/aarch64/platform_common.c
+++ b/plat/renesas/common/aarch64/platform_common.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #endif
 
 const uint8_t version_of_renesas[VERSION_OF_RENESAS_MAXLEN]
-		__attribute__ ((__section__("ro"))) = VERSION_OF_RENESAS;
+		__attribute__ ((__section__(".ro"))) = VERSION_OF_RENESAS;
 
 #define MAP_SHARED_RAM		MAP_REGION_FLAT(RCAR_SHARED_MEM_BASE,	\
 					RCAR_SHARED_MEM_SIZE,		\