diff --git a/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/cache.h b/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/cache.h
index 1de779f4f240..7caf25d58e6b 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/cache.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/cache.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #define L1_CACHE_BYTES 32
 #define L1_CACHE_SHIFT 5
 
-#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
+#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data..read_mostly")))
 
 void flush_dma_list(dma_descr_data *descr);
 void flush_dma_descr(dma_descr_data *descr, int flush_buf);