diff --git a/include/linker/common-rom.ld b/include/linker/common-rom.ld
index 6b28bc4f365..f96d328719c 100644
--- a/include/linker/common-rom.ld
+++ b/include/linker/common-rom.ld
@@ -17,17 +17,26 @@
 	{
 		/*
 		 * The compiler fills the constructor pointers table below,
-		 * hence symbol __CTOR_LIST__ must be aligned on 4 byte
+		 * hence symbol __CTOR_LIST__ must be aligned on word
 		 * boundary.  To align with the C++ standard, the first elment
 		 * of the array contains the number of actual constructors. The
 		 * last element is NULL.
 		 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+		. = ALIGN(8);
+		__CTOR_LIST__ = .;
+		QUAD((__CTOR_END__ - __CTOR_LIST__) / 8 - 2)
+		KEEP(*(SORT_BY_NAME(".ctors*")))
+		QUAD(0)
+		__CTOR_END__ = .;
+#else
 		. = ALIGN(4);
 		__CTOR_LIST__ = .;
 		LONG((__CTOR_END__ - __CTOR_LIST__) / 4 - 2)
 		KEEP(*(SORT_BY_NAME(".ctors*")))
 		LONG(0)
 		__CTOR_END__ = .;
+#endif
 	} GROUP_LINK_IN(ROMABLE_REGION)
 
 	SECTION_PROLOGUE(init_array,,)
diff --git a/subsys/cpp/cpp_ctors.c b/subsys/cpp/cpp_ctors.c
index f0264850f6e..f91646282ac 100644
--- a/subsys/cpp/cpp_ctors.c
+++ b/subsys/cpp/cpp_ctors.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ void __do_global_ctors_aux(void)
 {
 	unsigned int nCtors;
 
-	nCtors = (unsigned int)__CTOR_LIST__[0];
+	nCtors = (unsigned long)__CTOR_LIST__[0];
 
 	while (nCtors >= 1U) {
 		__CTOR_LIST__[nCtors--]();