2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h
index 81de6eb3455d..3f41ab9c1e4e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ extern struct ppc64_caches ppc64_caches;
 #endif /* __powerpc64__ && ! __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #if !defined(__ASSEMBLY__)
-#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
+#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data..read_mostly")))
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 951e6c5b2c8e..8a0deefac08d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ SECTIONS
                 CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
         }
 
-        .data.read_mostly : AT(ADDR(.data.read_mostly) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+        .data..read_mostly : AT(ADDR(.data..read_mostly) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
                 READ_MOSTLY_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
         }