diff --git a/components/esp32/ld/esp32.project.ld.in b/components/esp32/ld/esp32.project.ld.in
index 3f8c8165b6..84ff5fc672 100644
--- a/components/esp32/ld/esp32.project.ld.in
+++ b/components/esp32/ld/esp32.project.ld.in
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ SECTIONS
   {
     _iram_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
     /* Vectors go to IRAM */
-    _init_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
+    _vector_table = ABSOLUTE(.);
     /* Vectors according to builds/RF-2015.2-win32/esp108_v1_2_s5_512int_2/config.html */
     . = 0x0;
     KEEP(*(.WindowVectors.text));
diff --git a/components/esp32s2/ld/esp32s2.project.ld.in b/components/esp32s2/ld/esp32s2.project.ld.in
index d2f22f585b..c60d29b665 100644
--- a/components/esp32s2/ld/esp32s2.project.ld.in
+++ b/components/esp32s2/ld/esp32s2.project.ld.in
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ SECTIONS
   {
     _iram_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
     /* Vectors go to IRAM */
-    _init_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
+    _vector_table = ABSOLUTE(.);
     /* Vectors according to builds/RF-2015.2-win32/esp108_v1_2_s5_512int_2/config.html */
     . = 0x0;
     KEEP(*(.WindowVectors.text));
diff --git a/components/esp32s3/ld/esp32s3.project.ld.in b/components/esp32s3/ld/esp32s3.project.ld.in
index aa241f6d04..81f49f1284 100644
--- a/components/esp32s3/ld/esp32s3.project.ld.in
+++ b/components/esp32s3/ld/esp32s3.project.ld.in
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ SECTIONS
   {
     _iram_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
     /* Vectors go to IRAM */
-    _init_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
+    _vector_table = ABSOLUTE(.);
     . = 0x0;
     KEEP(*(.WindowVectors.text));
     . = 0x180;
diff --git a/components/esp_system/port/cpu_start.c b/components/esp_system/port/cpu_start.c
index d1dcb999be..7042ead5cf 100644
--- a/components/esp_system/port/cpu_start.c
+++ b/components/esp_system/port/cpu_start.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ extern int _bss_end;
 extern int _rtc_bss_start;
 extern int _rtc_bss_end;
 
-extern int _init_start;
+extern int _vector_table;
 
 static const char *TAG = "cpu_start";
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void startup_resume_other_cores(void)
 
 void IRAM_ATTR call_start_cpu1(void)
 {
-    cpu_hal_set_vecbase(&_init_start);
+    cpu_hal_set_vecbase(&_vector_table);
 
     ets_set_appcpu_boot_addr(0);
 
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ void IRAM_ATTR call_start_cpu0(void)
 #endif
 
     // Move exception vectors to IRAM
-    cpu_hal_set_vecbase(&_init_start);
+    cpu_hal_set_vecbase(&_vector_table);
 
     rst_reas[0] = rtc_get_reset_reason(0);
 #if !CONFIG_ESP_SYSTEM_SINGLE_CORE_MODE