diff --git a/boards/xtensa/up_squared_adsp/bootloader/CMakeLists.txt b/boards/xtensa/up_squared_adsp/bootloader/CMakeLists.txt
index e11ee03262fe..a2023cffe5ee 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/up_squared_adsp/bootloader/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/boards/xtensa/up_squared_adsp/bootloader/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,3 +39,7 @@ target_compile_options(bootloader PUBLIC -fno-inline-functions -mlongcalls -mtex
 target_link_libraries(bootloader PUBLIC -Wl,--no-check-sections -ucall_user_start -Wl,-static -nostdlib)
 target_link_libraries(bootloader PRIVATE -lhal -L${zephyr_sdk}/xtensa/intel_apl_adsp/xtensa-zephyr-elf/lib)
 target_link_libraries(bootloader PRIVATE -T${BOARD_DIR}/bootloader/boot_ldr.x)
+
+if(CONFIG_XTENSA_HAL)
+  target_link_libraries(bootloader PRIVATE XTENSA_HAL)
+endif()
diff --git a/boards/xtensa/up_squared_adsp/bootloader/boot_ldr.x b/boards/xtensa/up_squared_adsp/bootloader/boot_ldr.x
index 94e669f86b11..2e07635c37c2 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/up_squared_adsp/bootloader/boot_ldr.x
+++ b/boards/xtensa/up_squared_adsp/bootloader/boot_ldr.x
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ SECTIONS
   __stack = 0xBE000000 + (1 * 0x1000);
   __wnd0 = ((((((0xBE000000 + 0x8000) + 0x2000) + 0x800) + 0x800) + 0x1000) + 0x2000);
   __wnd0_size = (0x1000 + 0x1000);
+  .comment  0 :  { *(.comment) }
   .debug 0 : { *(.debug) }
   .line 0 : { *(.line) }
   .debug_srcinfo 0 : { *(.debug_srcinfo) }
@@ -170,6 +171,8 @@ SECTIONS
   .debug_funcnames 0 : { *(.debug_funcnames) }
   .debug_typenames 0 : { *(.debug_typenames) }
   .debug_varnames 0 : { *(.debug_varnames) }
+  .debug_ranges  0 :  { *(.debug_ranges) }
+  .xtensa.info  0 :  { *(.xtensa.info) }
   .xt.insn 0 :
   {
     KEEP (*(.xt.insn))
diff --git a/boards/xtensa/up_squared_adsp/bootloader/boot_loader.c b/boards/xtensa/up_squared_adsp/bootloader/boot_loader.c
index 767616f2ee8f..ceaa48293fe0 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/up_squared_adsp/bootloader/boot_loader.c
+++ b/boards/xtensa/up_squared_adsp/bootloader/boot_loader.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ extern void _ResetVector();
 static inline void idelay(int n)
 {
 	while (n--) {
-		asm volatile("nop");
+		__asm__ volatile("nop");
 	}
 }