diff --git a/configs/esp32-core/README.txt b/configs/esp32-core/README.txt
index c3fdd0795b3..59cc9d4ab81 100644
--- a/configs/esp32-core/README.txt
+++ b/configs/esp32-core/README.txt
@@ -330,8 +330,8 @@ Debug Issues
   than OpenOCD is running in, invoke gdb. For example, for the
   template app, you would do this like such:
 
-    cd esp-idf-template
-    xtensa-esp32-elf-gdb -ex 'target remote localhost:3333' ./build/app-template.elf
+    cd nuttx
+    xtensa-esp32-elf-gdb -ex 'target remote localhost:3333' nuttx
 
   This should give you a gdb prompt.
 
diff --git a/configs/esp32-core/scripts/esp32_common.ld b/configs/esp32-core/scripts/esp32_common.ld
index cfabd620871..ba67d874517 100644
--- a/configs/esp32-core/scripts/esp32_common.ld
+++ b/configs/esp32-core/scripts/esp32_common.ld
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     /* C++ constructor and destructor tables, properly ordered: */
 
-    __sinit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+    _sinit = ABSOLUTE(.);
     KEEP (*crtbegin.o(.ctors))
     KEEP (*(EXCLUDE_FILE (*crtend.o) .ctors))
     KEEP (*(SORT(.ctors.*)))