2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/cache.h
index 37f175c42bb5..650ac9ba734c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -17,4 +17,6 @@
 #define SMP_CACHE_SHIFT         L1_CACHE_SHIFT
 #define SMP_CACHE_BYTES         L1_CACHE_BYTES
 
+#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
+
 #endif /* _ASM_CACHE_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
index acd3f2c49c06..8ad1d5679f14 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static char __initdata builtin_cmdline[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] = CONFIG_CMDLINE;
  * mips_io_port_base is the begin of the address space to which x86 style
  * I/O ports are mapped.
  */
-const unsigned long mips_io_port_base __read_mostly = -1;
+const unsigned long mips_io_port_base = -1;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mips_io_port_base);
 
 static struct resource code_resource = { .name = "Kernel code", };