diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f103-minimum/scripts/ld.script b/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f103-minimum/scripts/ld.script
index f8de876977f..38b17fb8915 100644
--- a/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f103-minimum/scripts/ld.script
+++ b/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f103-minimum/scripts/ld.script
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ SECTIONS
         _etbss = ABSOLUTE(.);
     } > flash
 
-    _eronly = ABSOLUTE(.);
+    _eronly = LOADADDR(.data);
 
     /* The STM32F103C8T6 has 20Kb of SRAM beginning at the following address */