diff --git a/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c b/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c
index 460c12b7dfea2348c9da2ed4408351ce8dd6c100..7971e989e425b0b9764f9b4d96f9f5d0a1852b2b 100644
--- a/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c
+++ b/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@
 
 #define GCOV_TAG_FUNCTION_LENGTH	3
 
+/* Since GCC 12.1 sizes are in BYTES and not in WORDS (4B). */
+#if (__GNUC__ >= 12)
+#define GCOV_UNIT_SIZE				4
+#else
+#define GCOV_UNIT_SIZE				1
+#endif
+
 static struct gcov_info *gcov_info_head;
 
 /**
@@ -383,12 +390,18 @@ size_t convert_to_gcda(char *buffer, struct gcov_info *info)
 	pos += store_gcov_u32(buffer, pos, info->version);
 	pos += store_gcov_u32(buffer, pos, info->stamp);
 
+#if (__GNUC__ >= 12)
+	/* Use zero as checksum of the compilation unit. */
+	pos += store_gcov_u32(buffer, pos, 0);
+#endif
+
 	for (fi_idx = 0; fi_idx < info->n_functions; fi_idx++) {
 		fi_ptr = info->functions[fi_idx];
 
 		/* Function record. */
 		pos += store_gcov_u32(buffer, pos, GCOV_TAG_FUNCTION);
-		pos += store_gcov_u32(buffer, pos, GCOV_TAG_FUNCTION_LENGTH);
+		pos += store_gcov_u32(buffer, pos,
+			GCOV_TAG_FUNCTION_LENGTH * GCOV_UNIT_SIZE);
 		pos += store_gcov_u32(buffer, pos, fi_ptr->ident);
 		pos += store_gcov_u32(buffer, pos, fi_ptr->lineno_checksum);
 		pos += store_gcov_u32(buffer, pos, fi_ptr->cfg_checksum);
@@ -402,7 +415,8 @@ size_t convert_to_gcda(char *buffer, struct gcov_info *info)
 			/* Counter record. */
 			pos += store_gcov_u32(buffer, pos,
 					      GCOV_TAG_FOR_COUNTER(ct_idx));
-			pos += store_gcov_u32(buffer, pos, ci_ptr->num * 2);
+			pos += store_gcov_u32(buffer, pos,
+				ci_ptr->num * 2 * GCOV_UNIT_SIZE);
 
 			for (cv_idx = 0; cv_idx < ci_ptr->num; cv_idx++) {
 				pos += store_gcov_u64(buffer, pos,