diff --git a/sw/otbn/crypto/p384_ecdsa_verify.s b/sw/otbn/crypto/p384_ecdsa_verify.s
index 4dbe77dec4b663..676b40e71b8849 100644
--- a/sw/otbn/crypto/p384_ecdsa_verify.s
+++ b/sw/otbn/crypto/p384_ecdsa_verify.s
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ start:
  * @param[in]    dmem[s]: s part of signature
  * @param[in]    dmem[x]: x-coordinate of public key
  * @param[in]    dmem[y]: y-coordinate of public key
- * @param[out] dmem[rnd]: x1 coordinate to be compared to rs
+ * @param[out] dmem[x_r]: x1 coordinate to be compared to rs
  *
  * !!! Attention !!! - before signature verification p384_curve_point_valid
  * binary has to be executed to check if the provided public key is valid.
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ ecdsa_verify:
 .bss
 
 /* result of verify (x1 coordinate) */
-.globl rnd
+.globl x_r
 .balign 32
-rnd:
+x_r:
   .zero 64
 
 .data
diff --git a/sw/otbn/crypto/p384_verify.s b/sw/otbn/crypto/p384_verify.s
index 80c008407660d3..c657d250d08468 100644
--- a/sw/otbn/crypto/p384_verify.s
+++ b/sw/otbn/crypto/p384_verify.s
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ store_proj:
  * @param[in]  dmem[msg]: message to be verified in dmem
  * @param[in]    dmem[x]: x-coordinate of public key in dmem
  * @param[in]    dmem[y]: y-coordinate of public key in dmem
- * @param[out] dmem[rnd]: verification result: reduced affine x1-coordinate
+ * @param[out] dmem[x_r]: verification result: reduced affine x1-coordinate
  *
  * Scratchpad memory layout:
  * The routine expects at least 896 bytes of scratchpad memory at dmem
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ p384_verify:
   la        x7, s
 
   /* get dmem pointer of verification result (x1-coordinate) */
-  la        x8, rnd
+  la        x8, x_r
 
   /* get dmem pointer of message */
   la        x9, msg
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ p384_verify:
   bn.sel    w4, w16, w4, C
   bn.sel    w5, w17, w5, C
 
-  /* store affine x-coordinate in dmem: dmem[dptr_rnd] <= x1 = [w5,w4] */
+  /* store affine x-coordinate in dmem: dmem[x_r] <= x1 = [w5,w4] */
   li        x2, 4
   bn.sid    x2++, 0(x8)
   bn.sid    x2++, 32(x8)
@@ -457,9 +457,9 @@ y:
   .zero 64
 
 /* verification result (x1-coordinate) */
-.globl rnd
-.weak rnd
-rnd:
+.globl x_r
+.weak x_r
+x_r:
   .zero 64
 
 /* Scratchpad memory */
diff --git a/sw/otbn/crypto/tests/p384_ecdsa_verify_test.s b/sw/otbn/crypto/tests/p384_ecdsa_verify_test.s
index fb3b7b4e1ac31f..770b9c78cf91e2 100644
--- a/sw/otbn/crypto/tests/p384_ecdsa_verify_test.s
+++ b/sw/otbn/crypto/tests/p384_ecdsa_verify_test.s
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ p384_ecdsa_verify_test:
 
   /* load signature to wregs for comparison with reference */
   li        x2, 0
-  la        x3, rnd
+  la        x3, x_r
   bn.lid    x2++, 0(x3)
   bn.lid    x2, 32(x3)
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ y:
   .word 0xaaafcad2
   .zero 16
 
-/* signature verification result x_res (rnd) */
-.globl rnd
-rnd:
+/* signature verification result x_res (x_r) */
+.globl x_r
+x_r:
   .zero 64