diff --git a/include/zephyr/debug/symtab.h b/include/zephyr/debug/symtab.h
index a8685cf4ddd..7556222cff8 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/debug/symtab.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/debug/symtab.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ struct z_symtab_entry {
 
 struct symtab_info {
 	/* Absolute address of the first symbol */
-	const uintptr_t start_addr;
+	const uintptr_t first_addr;
 	/* Number of symbol entries */
 	const uint32_t length;
 	/* Symbol entries */
diff --git a/scripts/build/gen_symtab.py b/scripts/build/gen_symtab.py
index b5abf8e4ea9..1d933443384 100644
--- a/scripts/build/gen_symtab.py
+++ b/scripts/build/gen_symtab.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class symtab_entry:
         return self.addr == other.addr
 
 
-start_addr = 0
+first_addr = 0
 symtab_list = []
 
 
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ def main():
         symtab_list.sort(key=lambda x: x.addr, reverse=False)
 
         # Get the address of the first symbol
-        start_addr = symtab_list[0].addr
+        first_addr = symtab_list[0].addr
 
         for i, entry in enumerate(symtab_list):
             # Offset is calculated here
-            entry.offset = entry.addr - start_addr
+            entry.offset = entry.addr - first_addr
 
             # Debug print
             log.debug('%6d: %s %s %.25s' % (
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def main():
         print(f"}};\n", file=wf)
 
         print(f"const struct symtab_info z_symtab = {{", file=wf)
-        print(f"\t.start_addr = {hex(start_addr)},", file=wf)
+        print(f"\t.first_addr = {hex(first_addr)},", file=wf)
         print(f"\t.length = {len(symtab_list)},", file=wf)
         print(f"\t.entries = z_symtab_entries,", file=wf)
         print(f"}};\n", file=wf)
diff --git a/subsys/debug/symtab/symtab.c b/subsys/debug/symtab/symtab.c
index f8379826230..98fb04bf945 100644
--- a/subsys/debug/symtab/symtab.c
+++ b/subsys/debug/symtab/symtab.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const struct symtab_info *const symtab_get(void)
 const char *const symtab_find_symbol_name(uintptr_t addr, uint32_t *offset)
 {
 	const struct symtab_info *const symtab = symtab_get();
-	const uint32_t symbol_offset = addr - symtab->start_addr;
+	const uint32_t symbol_offset = addr - symtab->first_addr;
 	uint32_t left = 0, right = symtab->length;
 	uint32_t ret_offset = 0;
 	const char *ret_name = "?";