diff --git a/include/asm-i386/cache.h b/include/asm-i386/cache.h
index 615911e5bd24..ca15c9c665cf 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/cache.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/cache.h
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@
 #define L1_CACHE_SHIFT	(CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT)
 #define L1_CACHE_BYTES	(1 << L1_CACHE_SHIFT)
 
+#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/cache.h b/include/asm-ia64/cache.h
index 40dd25195d65..f0a104db8f20 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/cache.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/cache.h
@@ -25,4 +25,6 @@
 # define SMP_CACHE_BYTES	(1 << 3)
 #endif
 
+#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
+
 #endif /* _ASM_IA64_CACHE_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-parisc/cache.h b/include/asm-parisc/cache.h
index 93f179f13ce8..ae50f8e12eed 100644
--- a/include/asm-parisc/cache.h
+++ b/include/asm-parisc/cache.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 
 #define SMP_CACHE_BYTES L1_CACHE_BYTES
 
+#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
+
 extern void flush_data_cache_local(void *);  /* flushes local data-cache only */
 extern void flush_instruction_cache_local(void *); /* flushes local code-cache only */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc64/cache.h b/include/asm-sparc64/cache.h
index f7d35a2ae9b8..e9df17acedde 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc64/cache.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc64/cache.h
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@
 #define        SMP_CACHE_BYTES_SHIFT	6
 #define        SMP_CACHE_BYTES		(1 << SMP_CACHE_BYTES_SHIFT) /* L2 cache line size. */
 
+#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/cache.h b/include/asm-x86_64/cache.h
index 263f0a211ed7..c8043a16152e 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/cache.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/cache.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
        __attribute__((__section__(".data.page_aligned")))
 #endif
 
+#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
+
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/cache.h b/include/linux/cache.h
index d22e632f41fb..cc4b3aafad9a 100644
--- a/include/linux/cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/cache.h
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@
 #define SMP_CACHE_BYTES L1_CACHE_BYTES
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_X86) || defined(CONFIG_SPARC64) || defined(CONFIG_IA64) || defined(CONFIG_PARISC)
-#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
-#else
+#ifndef __read_mostly
 #define __read_mostly
 #endif