diff --git a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/common.template.ld b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/common.template.ld
index b5faf7f458..05c0de4210 100644
--- a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/common.template.ld
+++ b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/common.template.ld
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ SECTIONS
         KEEP(*(.vectors)) /* isr vector table */
 
         /* Sort text sections so that they have fewer *fill* bytes needed. */
-        *SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.text))           /* .text sections (code) */
-        *SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.text*))          /* .text* sections (code) */
+        *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.text)))           /* .text sections (code) */
+        *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.text*)))          /* .text* sections (code) */
 
         /* Don't sort rodata because it impacts codegen size. */
         *(.rodata)         /* .rodata sections (constants, strings, etc.) */
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ SECTIONS
         _srelocate = .;        /* create a global symbol at data start; used by startup code in order to initialize the .data section in RAM */
         *(.ramfunc)
         *(.ramfunc*)
-        *SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.data))           /* .data sections */
-        *SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.data*))          /* .data* sections */
+        *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.data)))           /* .data sections */
+        *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.data*)))          /* .data* sections */
 
         . = ALIGN(4);
         _erelocate = .;        /* define a global symbol at data end; used by startup code in order to initialize the .data section in RAM */
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ SECTIONS
         . = ALIGN(4);
         _sbss = .;
         _szero = .;         /* define a global symbol at bss start; used by startup code */
-        *(.bss)
-        *SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.bss*))
+        *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.bss)))
+        *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.bss*)))
         *(COMMON)
 
         . = ALIGN(4);
diff --git a/ports/nrf/boards/common.template.ld b/ports/nrf/boards/common.template.ld
index 306145e00c..dda31e4fdc 100644
--- a/ports/nrf/boards/common.template.ld
+++ b/ports/nrf/boards/common.template.ld
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ SECTIONS
     .text :
     {
         . = ALIGN(4);
-        *SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.text))           /* .text sections (code) */
-        *SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.text*))          /* .text* sections (code) */
+        *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.text)))           /* .text sections (code) */
+        *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.text*)))          /* .text* sections (code) */
         *(.rodata)         /* .rodata sections (constants, strings, etc.) */
         *(.rodata*)        /* .rodata* sections (constants, strings, etc.) */
     /*  *(.glue_7)   */    /* glue arm to thumb code */
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ SECTIONS
         . = ALIGN(4);
         _sdata = .;        /* create a global symbol at data start; used by startup code in order to initialise the .data section in RAM */
         _ram_start = .;    /* create a global symbol at ram start for garbage collector */
-        *(.data)           /* .data sections */
-        *(.data*)          /* .data* sections */
+        *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.data)))           /* .data sections */
+        *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.data*)))          /* .data* sections */
 
         . = ALIGN(4);
         _edata = .;        /* define a global symbol at data end; used by startup code in order to initialise the .data section in RAM */
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ SECTIONS
     {
         . = ALIGN(4);
         _sbss = .;         /* define a global symbol at bss start; used by startup code */
-        *(.bss)
-        *(.bss*)
+        *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.bss)))
+        *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.bss*)))
         *(COMMON)
 
         . = ALIGN(4);
diff --git a/supervisor/shared/bluetooth/serial.c b/supervisor/shared/bluetooth/serial.c
index 901b2d9a61..018acd5f4a 100644
--- a/supervisor/shared/bluetooth/serial.c
+++ b/supervisor/shared/bluetooth/serial.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ STATIC bleio_uuid_obj_t supervisor_ble_circuitpython_version_uuid;
 const uint8_t circuitpython_base_uuid[16] = {0x6e, 0x68, 0x74, 0x79, 0x50, 0x74, 0x69, 0x75, 0x63, 0x72, 0x69, 0x43, 0x00, 0x00, 0xaf, 0xad };
 
 STATIC mp_obj_list_t characteristic_list;
-STATIC mp_obj_t characteristic_list_items[2];
+STATIC mp_obj_t characteristic_list_items[3];
 
 STATIC uint32_t _outgoing1[BLE_GATTS_VAR_ATTR_LEN_MAX / 4];
 STATIC uint32_t _outgoing2[BLE_GATTS_VAR_ATTR_LEN_MAX / 4];