diff --git a/cortex-m-rt/ci/script.sh b/cortex-m-rt/ci/script.sh
index 02ba51f0..60e88d7d 100755
--- a/cortex-m-rt/ci/script.sh
+++ b/cortex-m-rt/ci/script.sh
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ main() {
                 cargo rustc --target "$TARGET" --example "$ex" --features "${needed_features}" --release -- $linker
             done
             for ex in "${fail_examples[@]}"; do
-                ! cargo rustc --target "$TARGET" --example "$ex" --features "${needed_features}" -- $linker
-                ! cargo rustc --target "$TARGET" --example "$ex" --features "${needed_features}" --release -- $linker
+                cargo rustc --target "$TARGET" --example "$ex" --features "${needed_features}" -- $linker && exit 1
+                cargo rustc --target "$TARGET" --example "$ex" --features "${needed_features}" --release -- $linker && exit 1
             done
             cargo rustc --target "$TARGET" --example device --features "device,${needed_features}" -- $linker
             cargo rustc --target "$TARGET" --example device --features "device,${needed_features}" --release -- $linker
diff --git a/cortex-m-rt/examples/data_overflow.rs b/cortex-m-rt/examples/data_overflow.rs
index f18d220e..9bc4fc23 100644
--- a/cortex-m-rt/examples/data_overflow.rs
+++ b/cortex-m-rt/examples/data_overflow.rs
@@ -9,21 +9,22 @@ extern crate cortex_m_rt as rt;
 extern crate panic_halt;
 
 use core::ptr;
-
 use rt::entry;
 
 // This large static array uses most of .rodata
-static RODATA: [u8; 48 * 1024] = [1u8; 48 * 1024];
+const RODATA_SIZE: usize = 250 * 1024;
+static RODATA: [u8; RODATA_SIZE] = [1u8; RODATA_SIZE];
 
 // This large mutable array causes .data to use the rest of FLASH
 // without also overflowing RAM.
-static mut DATA: [u8; 16 * 1024] = [1u8; 16 * 1024];
+const DATA_SIZE: usize = 8 * 1024;
+static mut DATA: [u8; DATA_SIZE] = [1u8; DATA_SIZE];
 
 #[entry]
 fn main() -> ! {
     unsafe {
-        let _bigdata = ptr::read_volatile(ptr::addr_of!(RODATA));
-        let _bigdata = ptr::read_volatile(ptr::addr_of!(DATA));
+        let _bigdata: u8 = ptr::read_volatile(ptr::addr_of!(RODATA) as *const u8);
+        let _bigdata: u8 = ptr::read_volatile(ptr::addr_of!(DATA) as *const u8);
     }
 
     loop {}