diff --git a/cpu/msp430/Makefile.msp430 b/cpu/msp430/Makefile.msp430
index 182cd19dd..264538611 100644
--- a/cpu/msp430/Makefile.msp430
+++ b/cpu/msp430/Makefile.msp430
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring 4.7.,$(shell msp430-gcc -dumpversion)))
 ifdef CPU_HAS_MSP430X
   TARGET_MEMORY_MODEL ?= medium
   CFLAGS += -mmemory-model=$(TARGET_MEMORY_MODEL)
-  CFLAGS += -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -mcode-region=far
+  CFLAGS += -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -mcode-region=any
   LDFLAGS += -mmemory-model=$(TARGET_MEMORY_MODEL) -Wl,-gc-sections
 endif
 endif