diff --git a/src/arch/riscv/prefix/sbiprefix.S b/src/arch/riscv/prefix/sbiprefix.S
index f590b324b..c26c1713c 100644
--- a/src/arch/riscv/prefix/sbiprefix.S
+++ b/src/arch/riscv/prefix/sbiprefix.S
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 	 */
 	.macro	progress message
 #ifndef NDEBUG
-	.section ".prefix.data", "aw", @progbits
+	.section ".rodata", "a", @progbits
 progress_\@:
 	.ascii	"\message"
 	.equ	progress_\@_len, . - progress_\@