diff --git a/drivers/syslog/Kconfig b/drivers/syslog/Kconfig
index 408aa47291..ccf65e56f8 100644
--- a/drivers/syslog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/syslog/Kconfig
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ if RAMLOG_SYSLOG
 config RAMLOG_BUFFER_SECTION
 	string "The section where ramlog buffer is located"
 	default ".bss"
+	depends on !ARCH_SIM
 	---help---
 		The section where ramlog buffer is located.
 		The section shall not be initialized on system boot.
diff --git a/drivers/syslog/ramlog.c b/drivers/syslog/ramlog.c
index a500d597fd..880ab30671 100644
--- a/drivers/syslog/ramlog.c
+++ b/drivers/syslog/ramlog.c
@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ static const struct file_operations g_ramlogfops =
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RAMLOG_SYSLOG
 static char g_sysbuffer[CONFIG_RAMLOG_BUFSIZE]
-                               locate_data(CONFIG_RAMLOG_BUFFER_SECTION);
+#ifdef CONFIG_RAMLOG_BUFFER_SECTION
+                               locate_data(CONFIG_RAMLOG_BUFFER_SECTION)
+#endif
+;
 
 /* This is the device structure for the console or syslogging function.  It
  * must be statically initialized because the RAMLOG ramlog_putc function