diff --git a/components/riscv/vectors.S b/components/riscv/vectors.S
index 6c4e931f28..0b46681416 100644
--- a/components/riscv/vectors.S
+++ b/components/riscv/vectors.S
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
     .global gdbstub_handle_debug_int
 #endif
 
-    .section .exception_vectors.text
+    .section .exception_vectors.text, "ax"
 
     /* Exception handler.*/
     .type _panic_handler, @function
diff --git a/components/riscv/vectors_intc.S b/components/riscv/vectors_intc.S
index 327de97b0b..b4bd8350f2 100644
--- a/components/riscv/vectors_intc.S
+++ b/components/riscv/vectors_intc.S
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     .global _interrupt_handler
     .global _panic_handler
 
-    .section .exception_vectors_table.text
+    .section .exception_vectors_table.text, "ax"
 
     /* This is the vector table. MTVEC points here.
      *