diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
index cf32838ad0fa..9b7a53cc16eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  */
 #define DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, sec)			\
 	extern __PCPU_DUMMY_ATTRS char __pcpu_scope_##name;		\
-	extern __PCPU_ATTRS(sec) __weak __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name
+	extern __PCPU_ATTRS(sec) __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name
 
 #define DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, sec)				\
 	__PCPU_DUMMY_ATTRS char __pcpu_scope_##name;			\