diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cache.h
index 88cc05b5f3ac..bde449936e2f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
+#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data..read_mostly")))
+
 static inline int cache_line_size(void)
 {
 	u32 cwg = cache_type_cwg();