diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-imx5.c b/drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-imx5.c
index 5d17380919..9c3423bef3 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-imx5.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/nxp/pinctrl-imx5.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 #include "pinctrl-imx.h"
 
-static struct imx_pinctrl_soc_info imx5_pinctrl_soc_info;
+static struct imx_pinctrl_soc_info imx5_pinctrl_soc_info __attribute__((section(".data")));
 
 static int imx5_pinctrl_probe(struct udevice *dev)
 {