diff --git a/pvmfw/image.ld b/pvmfw/image.ld
index e08fbe2..4655f68 100644
--- a/pvmfw/image.ld
+++ b/pvmfw/image.ld
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 {
 	dtb_region	: ORIGIN = 0x80000000, LENGTH = 2M
 	image		: ORIGIN = 0x80200000, LENGTH = 2M
+	writable_data	: ORIGIN = 0x80400000, LENGTH = 2M
 }
 
 /*
@@ -82,7 +83,9 @@
 		 */
 		. = ALIGN(32);
 		data_end = .;
-	} >image
+	} >writable_data AT>image
+	data_lma = LOADADDR(.data);
+
 	/* Everything beyond this point will not be included in the binary. */
 	bin_end = .;
 
@@ -93,14 +96,14 @@
 		*(COMMON)
 		. = ALIGN(16);
 		bss_end = .;
-	} >image
+	} >writable_data
 
 	.stack (NOLOAD) : ALIGN(4096) {
 		boot_stack_begin = .;
 		. += 40 * 4096;
 		. = ALIGN(4096);
 		boot_stack_end = .;
-	} >image
+	} >writable_data
 
 	/*
 	 * Remove unused sections from the image.