diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/arch/arm64/exception.c b/payloads/libpayload/arch/arm64/exception.c
index a5e55163a8..d9bd3e6af5 100644
--- a/payloads/libpayload/arch/arm64/exception.c
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/arch/arm64/exception.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <libpayload.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-u64 exception_stack[0x200] __attribute__((aligned(16)));
+u64 exception_stack[2*KiB] __attribute__((aligned(16)));
 u64 *exception_stack_end = exception_stack + ARRAY_SIZE(exception_stack);
 extern unsigned int test_exc;
 
diff --git a/src/arch/arm64/armv8/exception.c b/src/arch/arm64/armv8/exception.c
index 579e1040b4..13f456da26 100644
--- a/src/arch/arm64/armv8/exception.c
+++ b/src/arch/arm64/armv8/exception.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include <console/console.h>
 #include <arch/lib_helpers.h>
 
-uint8_t exception_stack[0x200] __attribute__((aligned(16)));
+uint8_t exception_stack[2*KiB] __attribute__((aligned(16)));
 
 static const char *exception_names[NUM_EXC_VIDS] = {
 	[EXC_VID_CUR_SP_EL0_SYNC] = "_sync_sp_el0",