diff --git a/cpu/cc2538/cc2538.lds b/cpu/cc2538/cc2538.lds
index a2dd0d209..60a37c796 100644
--- a/cpu/cc2538/cc2538.lds
+++ b/cpu/cc2538/cc2538.lds
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ SECTIONS
     .text :
     {
         _text = .;
-        KEEP(*(.vectors))
+        *(.vectors)
         *(.text*)
         *(.rodata*)
         _etext = .;
diff --git a/cpu/cc2538/dev/nvic.h b/cpu/cc2538/dev/nvic.h
index 6c7563680..8f2f68259 100644
--- a/cpu/cc2538/dev/nvic.h
+++ b/cpu/cc2538/dev/nvic.h
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@
 #ifdef NVIC_CONF_VTABLE_ADDRESS
 #define NVIC_VTABLE_ADDRESS     NVIC_CONF_VTABLE_ADDRESS
 #else
-#define NVIC_VTABLE_ADDRESS     0x200000
+extern void(*const vectors[])(void);
+#define NVIC_VTABLE_ADDRESS     ((uint32_t)&vectors)
 #endif
 /** @} */
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
diff --git a/cpu/cc2538/startup-gcc.c b/cpu/cc2538/startup-gcc.c
index 35c2329d2..d3d6ec401 100644
--- a/cpu/cc2538/startup-gcc.c
+++ b/cpu/cc2538/startup-gcc.c
@@ -94,22 +94,7 @@ void pka_isr(void);
 /* Allocate stack space */
 static unsigned long stack[512] __attribute__ ((section(".stack")));
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-/* Linker construct indicating .text section location */
-extern uint8_t _text[0];
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-__attribute__ ((section(".flashcca"), used))
-const flash_cca_lock_page_t __cca = {
-  FLASH_CCA_BOOTLDR_CFG,          /* Boot loader backdoor configuration */
-  FLASH_CCA_IMAGE_VALID,         /* Image valid */
-  &_text,                        /* Vector table located at the start of .text */
-  /* Unlock all pages and debug */
-  { 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
-    0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
-    0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
-    0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF }
-};
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-__attribute__ ((section(".vectors"), used))
+__attribute__((__section__(".vectors")))
 void(*const vectors[])(void) =
 {
   (void (*)(void))((unsigned long)stack + sizeof(stack)),   /* Stack pointer */
@@ -277,6 +262,18 @@ void(*const vectors[])(void) =
   default_handler,            /* 162 MACTimer */
 };
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+__attribute__((__section__(".flashcca"), __used__))
+const flash_cca_lock_page_t flash_cca_lock_page = {
+  FLASH_CCA_BOOTLDR_CFG,        /* Boot loader backdoor configuration */
+  FLASH_CCA_IMAGE_VALID,        /* Image valid */
+  &vectors,                     /* Vector table */
+  /* Unlock all pages and debug */
+  { 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
+    0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
+    0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
+    0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF }
+};
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 /* Linker constructs indicating .data and .bss segment locations */
 extern uint8_t _ldata;
 extern uint8_t _data;