diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/cache.h
index 9d6122096fbe..75fe66bc02b4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -23,4 +23,6 @@
 #define ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN 8
 #endif
 
+#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data..read_mostly")))
+
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index cead8893b46b..1581f6d18cca 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 		NOSAVE_DATA
 		CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA(32)
+		READ_MOSTLY_DATA(32)
 
 		/*
 		 * The exception fixup table (might need resorting at runtime)