diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
index c8c1464b3a56..46b54720d91d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
@@ -28,17 +28,17 @@
 #include "sev.h"
 
 static struct ghcb boot_ghcb_page __aligned(PAGE_SIZE);
-struct ghcb *boot_ghcb;
+struct ghcb *boot_ghcb __section(".data");
 
 #undef __init
 #define __init
 
 #define __BOOT_COMPRESSED
 
-u8 snp_vmpl;
-u16 ghcb_version;
+u8 snp_vmpl __section(".data");
+u16 ghcb_version __section(".data");
 
-u64 boot_svsm_caa_pa;
+u64 boot_svsm_caa_pa __section(".data");
 
 /* Include code for early handlers */
 #include "../../boot/startup/sev-shared.c"
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/startup/sev-shared.c b/arch/x86/boot/startup/sev-shared.c
index a0fa8bb2b945..d9ac3a929d33 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/startup/sev-shared.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/startup/sev-shared.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static u32 cpuid_std_range_max __ro_after_init;
 static u32 cpuid_hyp_range_max __ro_after_init;
 static u32 cpuid_ext_range_max __ro_after_init;
 
-bool sev_snp_needs_sfw;
+bool sev_snp_needs_sfw __section(".data");
 
 void __noreturn
 sev_es_terminate(unsigned int set, unsigned int reason)