diff --git a/include/common/bl_common.h b/include/common/bl_common.h
index 4ef916f..09a394d 100644
--- a/include/common/bl_common.h
+++ b/include/common/bl_common.h
@@ -64,33 +64,41 @@
 #include <types.h>
 #include <utils_def.h> /* To retain compatibility */
 
+
 /*
  * Declarations of linker defined symbols to help determine memory layout of
  * BL images
  */
 #if SEPARATE_CODE_AND_RODATA
-extern uintptr_t __TEXT_START__;
-extern uintptr_t __TEXT_END__;
-extern uintptr_t __RODATA_START__;
-extern uintptr_t __RODATA_END__;
+IMPORT_SYM(unsigned long, __TEXT_START__,	BL_CODE_BASE);
+IMPORT_SYM(unsigned long, __TEXT_END__,		BL_CODE_END);
+IMPORT_SYM(unsigned long, __RODATA_START__,	BL_RO_DATA_BASE);
+IMPORT_SYM(unsigned long, __RODATA_END__,	BL_RO_DATA_END);
 #else
-extern uintptr_t __RO_START__;
-extern uintptr_t __RO_END__;
+IMPORT_SYM(unsigned long, __RO_START__,		BL_CODE_BASE);
+IMPORT_SYM(unsigned long, __RO_END__,		BL_CODE_END);
 #endif
 
 #if defined(IMAGE_BL2)
-extern uintptr_t __BL2_END__;
+IMPORT_SYM(unsigned long, __BL2_END__,		BL2_END);
 #elif defined(IMAGE_BL2U)
-extern uintptr_t __BL2U_END__;
+IMPORT_SYM(unsigned long, __BL2U_END__,		BL2U_END);
 #elif defined(IMAGE_BL31)
-extern uintptr_t __BL31_END__;
+IMPORT_SYM(unsigned long, __BL31_END__,		BL31_END);
 #elif defined(IMAGE_BL32)
-extern uintptr_t __BL32_END__;
+IMPORT_SYM(unsigned long, __BL32_END__,		BL32_END);
 #endif /* IMAGE_BLX */
 
+/*
+ * The next 2 constants identify the extents of the coherent memory region.
+ * These addresses are used by the MMU setup code and therefore they must be
+ * page-aligned.  It is the responsibility of the linker script to ensure that
+ * __COHERENT_RAM_START__ and __COHERENT_RAM_END__ linker symbols refer to
+ * page-aligned addresses.
+ */
 #if USE_COHERENT_MEM
-extern uintptr_t __COHERENT_RAM_START__;
-extern uintptr_t __COHERENT_RAM_END__;
+IMPORT_SYM(unsigned long, __COHERENT_RAM_START__,	BL_COHERENT_RAM_BASE);
+IMPORT_SYM(unsigned long, __COHERENT_RAM_END__,		BL_COHERENT_RAM_END);
 #endif
 
 /*******************************************************************************
diff --git a/include/common/runtime_svc.h b/include/common/runtime_svc.h
index d12af22..5d9fa39 100644
--- a/include/common/runtime_svc.h
+++ b/include/common/runtime_svc.h
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@
 void runtime_svc_init(void);
 uintptr_t handle_runtime_svc(uint32_t smc_fid, void *cookie, void *handle,
 						unsigned int flags);
-extern uintptr_t __RT_SVC_DESCS_START__;
-extern uintptr_t __RT_SVC_DESCS_END__;
+IMPORT_SYM(uintptr_t, __RT_SVC_DESCS_START__,		RT_SVC_DESCS_START);
+IMPORT_SYM(uintptr_t, __RT_SVC_DESCS_END__,		RT_SVC_DESCS_END);
 void init_crash_reporting(void);
 
 extern uint8_t rt_svc_descs_indices[MAX_RT_SVCS];