diff --git a/common/Makefile.common b/common/Makefile.common
index 95820e667..e697ae140 100644
--- a/common/Makefile.common
+++ b/common/Makefile.common
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ $(VERSIONOBJ): $(OBJDIR)/%.o: %.c $(INCLUDES)
 # See ldscript.common. -- Henryk Plötz <henryk@ploetzli.ch> 2009-08-27
 OBJCOPY_TRANSLATIONS = --no-change-warnings \
 	--change-addresses -0x100000 --change-start 0 \
-	--change-section-address .bss+0 --change-section-address .data+0 \
+	--change-section-address .bss+0 --change-section-address .data-0x100000 \
 	--change-section-address .commonarea+0
 $(OBJDIR)/%.s19: $(OBJDIR)/%.elf
 	$(OBJCOPY) -Osrec --srec-forceS3 --strip-debug $(OBJCOPY_TRANSLATIONS) $^ $@