diff --git a/include/device.h b/include/device.h
index 4a0061d..ee90799 100644
--- a/include/device.h
+++ b/include/device.h
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 	Z_DEVICE_DEFINE_PM(dev_name)					\
 	static const Z_DECL_ALIGN(struct device)			\
 		DEVICE_NAME_GET(dev_name) __used			\
-	__attribute__((__section__(".device_" #level STRINGIFY(prio)))) = { \
+	__attribute__((__section__(".device_" #level STRINGIFY(prio)"_"))) = { \
 		.name = drv_name,					\
 		.config = (cfg_ptr),					\
 		.api = (api_ptr),					\
diff --git a/include/init.h b/include/init.h
index dd5df64..e11d080 100644
--- a/include/init.h
+++ b/include/init.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 #define Z_INIT_ENTRY_DEFINE(_entry_name, _init_fn, _device, _level, _prio)	\
 	static const Z_DECL_ALIGN(struct init_entry)			\
 		_CONCAT(__init_, _entry_name) __used			\
-	__attribute__((__section__(".init_" #_level STRINGIFY(_prio)))) = { \
+	__attribute__((__section__(".init_" #_level STRINGIFY(_prio)"_"))) = { \
 		.init = (_init_fn),					\
 		.dev = (_device),					\
 	}
diff --git a/include/linker/linker-defs.h b/include/linker/linker-defs.h
index e033220..c31d2cd 100644
--- a/include/linker/linker-defs.h
+++ b/include/linker/linker-defs.h
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@
  */
 #define CREATE_OBJ_LEVEL(object, level)				\
 		__##object##_##level##_start = .;		\
-		KEEP(*(SORT(.object##_##level[0-9]*)));		\
-		KEEP(*(SORT(.object##_##level[1-9][0-9]*)));
+		KEEP(*(SORT(.object##_##level[0-9]_*)));		\
+		KEEP(*(SORT(.object##_##level[1-9][0-9]_*)));
 
 /*
  * link in shell initialization objects for all modules that use shell and