diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/spl.c b/arch/arm/lib/spl.c
index b2b54f2..8e2bdf3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/spl.c
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/spl.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  * WARNING: This is going away very soon. Don't use it and don't submit
  * pafches that rely on it. The global_data area is set up in crt0.S.
  */
-gd_t gdata __attribute__ ((section(".data")));
+gd_t gdata __section(".data");
 #endif
 
 /*