diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/init.c b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
index 0ed29bfeba1c..55d07c8b4270 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
@@ -712,10 +712,10 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 void free_initmem(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_TCM
-	extern char *__tcm_start, *__tcm_end;
+	extern char __tcm_start, __tcm_end;
 
-	totalram_pages += free_area(__phys_to_pfn(__pa(__tcm_start)),
-				    __phys_to_pfn(__pa(__tcm_end)),
+	totalram_pages += free_area(__phys_to_pfn(__pa(&__tcm_start)),
+				    __phys_to_pfn(__pa(&__tcm_end)),
 				    "TCM link");
 #endif