diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/cache.h b/include/asm-x86_64/cache.h
index c8043a16152e31fc52d3a48c32ae94ec2155eed9..f8dff1c67538b75381964b6c5c7b4dd3dcc9b37d 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/cache.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/cache.h
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
        __attribute__((__section__(".data.page_aligned")))
 #endif
 
-#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
-
 #endif
 
+#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
+
 #endif