diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
index faae153babc89..94f8fc32d6e2d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
@@ -1860,9 +1860,9 @@ func (state *dodataState) allocateDataSections(ctxt *Link) {
 
 	// Coverage instrumentation counters for libfuzzer.
 	if len(state.data[sym.SLIBFUZZER_8BIT_COUNTER]) > 0 {
-		sect := state.allocateNamedSectionAndAssignSyms(&Segdata, "__sancov_cntrs", sym.SLIBFUZZER_8BIT_COUNTER, sym.Sxxx, 06)
-		ldr.SetSymSect(ldr.LookupOrCreateSym("__start___sancov_cntrs", 0), sect)
-		ldr.SetSymSect(ldr.LookupOrCreateSym("__stop___sancov_cntrs", 0), sect)
+		sect := state.allocateNamedSectionAndAssignSyms(&Segdata, ".go.fuzzcntrs", sym.SLIBFUZZER_8BIT_COUNTER, sym.Sxxx, 06)
+		ldr.SetSymSect(ldr.LookupOrCreateSym("runtime.__start___sancov_cntrs", 0), sect)
+		ldr.SetSymSect(ldr.LookupOrCreateSym("runtime.__stop___sancov_cntrs", 0), sect)
 		ldr.SetSymSect(ldr.LookupOrCreateSym("internal/fuzz._counters", 0), sect)
 		ldr.SetSymSect(ldr.LookupOrCreateSym("internal/fuzz._ecounters", 0), sect)
 	}
@@ -2643,7 +2643,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) address() []*sym.Segment {
 			bss = s
 		case ".noptrbss":
 			noptrbss = s
-		case "__sancov_cntrs":
+		case ".go.fuzzcntrs":
 			fuzzCounters = s
 		}
 	}
@@ -2764,8 +2764,8 @@ func (ctxt *Link) address() []*sym.Segment {
 	ctxt.xdefine("runtime.end", sym.SBSS, int64(Segdata.Vaddr+Segdata.Length))
 
 	if fuzzCounters != nil {
-		ctxt.xdefine("__start___sancov_cntrs", sym.SLIBFUZZER_8BIT_COUNTER, int64(fuzzCounters.Vaddr))
-		ctxt.xdefine("__stop___sancov_cntrs", sym.SLIBFUZZER_8BIT_COUNTER, int64(fuzzCounters.Vaddr+fuzzCounters.Length))
+		ctxt.xdefine("runtime.__start___sancov_cntrs", sym.SLIBFUZZER_8BIT_COUNTER, int64(fuzzCounters.Vaddr))
+		ctxt.xdefine("runtime.__stop___sancov_cntrs", sym.SLIBFUZZER_8BIT_COUNTER, int64(fuzzCounters.Vaddr+fuzzCounters.Length))
 		ctxt.xdefine("internal/fuzz._counters", sym.SLIBFUZZER_8BIT_COUNTER, int64(fuzzCounters.Vaddr))
 		ctxt.xdefine("internal/fuzz._ecounters", sym.SLIBFUZZER_8BIT_COUNTER, int64(fuzzCounters.Vaddr+fuzzCounters.Length))
 	}
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go
index 082adcc3c7f7a..a1ae7eab57fe9 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) doelf() {
 	shstrtab.Addstring(".data")
 	shstrtab.Addstring(".bss")
 	shstrtab.Addstring(".noptrbss")
-	shstrtab.Addstring("__sancov_cntrs")
+	shstrtab.Addstring(".go.fuzzcntrs")
 	shstrtab.Addstring(".go.buildinfo")
 	if ctxt.IsMIPS() {
 		shstrtab.Addstring(".MIPS.abiflags")
diff --git a/src/runtime/libfuzzer.go b/src/runtime/libfuzzer.go
index 013e7165b21ff..0ece035405f7a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/libfuzzer.go
+++ b/src/runtime/libfuzzer.go
@@ -148,13 +148,8 @@ var __sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp8 byte
 //go:cgo_import_static __sanitizer_cov_8bit_counters_init
 var __sanitizer_cov_8bit_counters_init byte
 
-//go:linkname __start___sancov_cntrs __start___sancov_cntrs
-//go:cgo_import_static __start___sancov_cntrs
-var __start___sancov_cntrs byte
-
-//go:linkname __stop___sancov_cntrs __stop___sancov_cntrs
-//go:cgo_import_static __stop___sancov_cntrs
-var __stop___sancov_cntrs byte
+// start, stop markers of counters, set by the linker
+var __start___sancov_cntrs, __stop___sancov_cntrs byte
 
 //go:linkname __sanitizer_cov_pcs_init __sanitizer_cov_pcs_init
 //go:cgo_import_static __sanitizer_cov_pcs_init