diff --git a/bl31/aarch64/runtime_exceptions.S b/bl31/aarch64/runtime_exceptions.S
index 962c3622e..e47b0821f 100644
--- a/bl31/aarch64/runtime_exceptions.S
+++ b/bl31/aarch64/runtime_exceptions.S
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ sync_handler64:
 	 *
 	 * handler = (base + off) + (index << log2(size))
 	 */
-	adr	x11, (__RT_SVC_DESCS_START__ + RT_SVC_DESC_HANDLE)
+	adr_l	x11, (__RT_SVC_DESCS_START__ + RT_SVC_DESC_HANDLE)
 	lsl	w10, w15, #RT_SVC_SIZE_LOG2
 	ldr	x15, [x11, w10, uxtw]
 
diff --git a/lib/cpus/aarch64/cpu_helpers.S b/lib/cpus/aarch64/cpu_helpers.S
index 1ae31803e..3aa4f1552 100644
--- a/lib/cpus/aarch64/cpu_helpers.S
+++ b/lib/cpus/aarch64/cpu_helpers.S
@@ -165,13 +165,13 @@ func get_cpu_ops_ptr
 	and	w2, w2, w3
 
 	/* Get the cpu_ops end location */
-	adr	x5, (__CPU_OPS_END__ + CPU_MIDR)
+	adr_l	x5, (__CPU_OPS_END__ + CPU_MIDR)
 
 	/* Initialize the return parameter */
 	mov	x0, #0
 1:
 	/* Get the cpu_ops start location */
-	adr	x4, (__CPU_OPS_START__ + CPU_MIDR)
+	adr_l	x4, (__CPU_OPS_START__ + CPU_MIDR)
 
 2:
 	/* Check if we have reached end of list */