diff --git a/firmware/atmel_softpack_libraries/usb/device/dfu/dfu_driver.c b/firmware/atmel_softpack_libraries/usb/device/dfu/dfu_driver.c
index 3ffd9b31..e95c67b2 100644
--- a/firmware/atmel_softpack_libraries/usb/device/dfu/dfu_driver.c
+++ b/firmware/atmel_softpack_libraries/usb/device/dfu/dfu_driver.c
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@
 #include <usb/common/dfu/usb_dfu.h>
 #include <usb/device/dfu/dfu.h>
 
-/* FIXME: this was used for a special ELF section which then got called
- * by DFU code and Application code, across flash partitions */
+/** specific memory location shared across bootloader and application */
 #define __dfudata __attribute__ ((section (".dfudata")))
 #define __dfufunc
 
@@ -42,11 +41,14 @@
 static USBDDriver usbdDriver;
 static unsigned char if_altsettings[1];
 
+/** structure containing the DFU state and magic value to know if DFU or application should be started */
 __dfudata struct dfudata _g_dfu = {
   	.state = DFU_STATE_appIDLE,
 	.past_manifest = 0,
 	.total_bytes = 0,
 };
+
+/** variable to structure containing DFU state */
 struct dfudata *g_dfu = &_g_dfu;
 
 WEAK void dfu_drv_updstatus(void)
diff --git a/firmware/atmel_softpack_libraries/usb/device/dfu/dfu_runtime.c b/firmware/atmel_softpack_libraries/usb/device/dfu/dfu_runtime.c
index ac4d7dff..4f772be6 100644
--- a/firmware/atmel_softpack_libraries/usb/device/dfu/dfu_runtime.c
+++ b/firmware/atmel_softpack_libraries/usb/device/dfu/dfu_runtime.c
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@
 #include <usb/common/dfu/usb_dfu.h>
 #include <usb/device/dfu/dfu.h>
 
-struct dfudata *g_dfu = (struct dfudata *) IRAM_ADDR;
+/** specific memory location shared across bootloader and application */
+#define __dfudata __attribute__ ((section (".dfudata")))
+/** structure containing the magic value to know if DFU or application should be started */
+__dfudata struct dfudata _g_dfu;
+/** variable to structure containing the magic value to know if DFU or application should be started */
+struct dfudata *g_dfu = &_g_dfu;
 
 /* FIXME: this was used for a special ELF section which then got called
  * by DFU code and Application code, across flash partitions */
diff --git a/firmware/libboard/common/resources/sam3s4/dfu.ld b/firmware/libboard/common/resources/sam3s4/dfu.ld
index e56a435a..a485770f 100644
--- a/firmware/libboard/common/resources/sam3s4/dfu.ld
+++ b/firmware/libboard/common/resources/sam3s4/dfu.ld
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ SEARCH_DIR(.)
 MEMORY
 {
 	/* reserve the first 16k (= 0x4000) for the DFU bootloader */
-	rom (rx)  : ORIGIN = 0x00404000, LENGTH = 0x0003c000 /* flash, 256K */
-	/* reserve the first 32 (= 0x20) bytes for the _g_dfu struct */
-	ram (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x20000020, LENGTH = 0x0000bfe0 /* sram, 48K */
+	rom (rx)  : ORIGIN = 0x00400000 + 16K, LENGTH = 256K - 16K /* flash, 256K */
+	/* note: dfudata will be at the start */
+	ram (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 48K /* SRAM, 48K */
 }
 
 /* Section Definitions */ 
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ SECTIONS
     {
         . = ALIGN(4);
         _srelocate = .;
+        /* we must make sure the .dfudata is linked to start of RAM */
+        *(.dfudata .dfudata.*);
         *(.ramfunc .ramfunc.*);
         *(.data .data.*);
         . = ALIGN(4);
diff --git a/firmware/libboard/common/resources/sam3s4/flash.ld b/firmware/libboard/common/resources/sam3s4/flash.ld
index bdebbdee..f5cdbfda 100644
--- a/firmware/libboard/common/resources/sam3s4/flash.ld
+++ b/firmware/libboard/common/resources/sam3s4/flash.ld
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ SEARCH_DIR(.)
 /* Memory Spaces Definitions */
 MEMORY
 {
-	rom (rx)  : ORIGIN = 0x00400000, LENGTH = 0x00040000 /* flash, 256K */
-	ram (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 0x0000c000 /* sram, 48K */
+	rom (rx)  : ORIGIN = 0x00400000, LENGTH = 16K /* flash, 256K, but only the first 16K should be used for the bootloader */
+	ram (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 48K /* SRAM, 48K */
 }
 
 /* Section Definitions */