diff --git a/plat/xilinx/versal/versal_gicv3.c b/plat/xilinx/versal/versal_gicv3.c
index d410906..0959c8e 100644
--- a/plat/xilinx/versal/versal_gicv3.c
+++ b/plat/xilinx/versal/versal_gicv3.c
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
  * We save and restore the GICv3 context on system suspend. Allocate the
  * data in the designated EL3 Secure carve-out memory.
  */
-static gicv3_redist_ctx_t rdist_ctx __section("versal_el3_tzc_dram");
-static gicv3_dist_ctx_t dist_ctx __section("versal_el3_tzc_dram");
+static gicv3_redist_ctx_t rdist_ctx __section(".versal_el3_tzc_dram");
+static gicv3_dist_ctx_t dist_ctx __section(".versal_el3_tzc_dram");
 
 /*
  * MPIDR hashing function for translating MPIDRs read from GICR_TYPER register
diff --git a/plat/xilinx/versal_net/versal_net_gicv3.c b/plat/xilinx/versal_net/versal_net_gicv3.c
index 1d45a58..138d2c2 100644
--- a/plat/xilinx/versal_net/versal_net_gicv3.c
+++ b/plat/xilinx/versal_net/versal_net_gicv3.c
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
  * We save and restore the GICv3 context on system suspend. Allocate the
  * data in the designated EL3 Secure carve-out memory.
  */
-static gicv3_redist_ctx_t rdist_ctx __section("versal_net_el3_tzc_dram");
-static gicv3_dist_ctx_t dist_ctx __section("versal_net_el3_tzc_dram");
+static gicv3_redist_ctx_t rdist_ctx __section(".versal_net_el3_tzc_dram");
+static gicv3_dist_ctx_t dist_ctx __section(".versal_net_el3_tzc_dram");
 
 /*
  * MPIDR hashing function for translating MPIDRs read from GICR_TYPER register