diff --git a/tools/cmake/scripts/data_file_embed_asm.cmake b/tools/cmake/scripts/data_file_embed_asm.cmake
index 5a86d70335..4ac59936ca 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/scripts/data_file_embed_asm.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/scripts/data_file_embed_asm.cmake
@@ -83,4 +83,4 @@ if(FILE_TYPE STREQUAL "TEXT")
 else()
     make_and_append_identifier("${varname}_length")
 endif()
-append_line(".word ${data_len}")
+append_line(".long ${data_len}")