diff --git a/vxworks-6.9/target/src/openssl/ipcrypto/ipcrypto_start.c b/vxworks-6.9/target/src/openssl/ipcrypto/ipcrypto_start.c
index d7537f00..7cb776b0 100644
--- a/vxworks-6.9/target/src/openssl/ipcrypto/ipcrypto_start.c
+++ b/vxworks-6.9/target/src/openssl/ipcrypto/ipcrypto_start.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void OPENSSL_init(void);
 extern BIO *bio_err;
 #endif
 extern char *default_config_file;
-Ipcrypto_data ipcrypto;
+__attribute__((section(".sbss"))) Ipcrypto_data ipcrypto;
 
 
 #ifdef OPENSSL_FIPS