diff --git a/drivers/auth/auth_mod.c b/drivers/auth/auth_mod.c
index 01f8f2905682ac5f0d3aa51280c6d4d657e98eab..a6538c4e5cad510bf45e365cccae157d7b8fac22 100644
--- a/drivers/auth/auth_mod.c
+++ b/drivers/auth/auth_mod.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #pragma weak plat_set_nv_ctr2
 
 /* Pointer to CoT */
-extern const auth_img_desc_t **const cot_desc_ptr;
+extern const auth_img_desc_t *const *const cot_desc_ptr;
 extern unsigned int auth_img_flags[MAX_NUMBER_IDS];
 
 static int cmp_auth_param_type_desc(const auth_param_type_desc_t *a,
diff --git a/include/drivers/auth/auth_mod.h b/include/drivers/auth/auth_mod.h
index 39f5372e51256b81a6fef0ae5fa56034b87211f8..6c48124b55323be781f3c9b7629946f2a950cacf 100644
--- a/include/drivers/auth/auth_mod.h
+++ b/include/drivers/auth/auth_mod.h
@@ -40,11 +40,10 @@ int auth_mod_verify_img(unsigned int img_id,
 
 /* Macro to register a CoT defined as an array of auth_img_desc_t pointers */
 #define REGISTER_COT(_cot) \
-	const auth_img_desc_t **const cot_desc_ptr = \
-			(const auth_img_desc_t **const)_cot; \
+	const auth_img_desc_t *const *const cot_desc_ptr = (_cot); \
 	unsigned int auth_img_flags[MAX_NUMBER_IDS]
 
-extern const auth_img_desc_t **const cot_desc_ptr;
+extern const auth_img_desc_t *const *const cot_desc_ptr;
 extern unsigned int auth_img_flags[MAX_NUMBER_IDS];
 
 #endif /* TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT */