diff --git a/arch/arc/config.mk b/arch/arc/config.mk
index d255c90..18005d9 100644
--- a/arch/arc/config.mk
+++ b/arch/arc/config.mk
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -mcpu=archs
 endif
 
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -ffixed-r25 -D__ARC__ -gdwarf-2 -mno-sdata
-PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
+PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-common
 
 # Needed for relocation
 LDFLAGS_FINAL += -pie --gc-sections