diff --git a/arch/arm/core/userspace.S b/arch/arm/core/userspace.S
index c5b89843db0..939449e5ba4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/core/userspace.S
+++ b/arch/arm/core/userspace.S
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ GTEXT(z_arch_user_string_nlen_fixup)
 GDATA(_kernel)
 
 /* Imports */
-GTEXT(_k_syscall_table)
+GDATA(_k_syscall_table)
 
 /**
  *
diff --git a/arch/x86/core/userspace.S b/arch/x86/core/userspace.S
index bfaf8062139..814bf80e169 100644
--- a/arch/x86/core/userspace.S
+++ b/arch/x86/core/userspace.S
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ GTEXT(z_arch_user_string_nlen_fault_end)
 GTEXT(z_arch_user_string_nlen_fixup)
 
 /* Imports */
-GTEXT(_k_syscall_table)
+GDATA(_k_syscall_table)
 
 /* Landing site for syscall SW IRQ. Marshal arguments and call C function for
  * further processing. We're on the kernel stack for the invoking thread.