diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/percpu.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/percpu.h
index 06c5c7a4afd3..b663f1f10b6a 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/percpu.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/percpu.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ extern unsigned long __per_cpu_offset[NR_CPUS];
 
 #ifndef MODULE
 #define SHIFT_PERCPU_PTR(var, offset) RELOC_HIDE(&per_cpu_var(var), (offset))
-#define PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES
+#define PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES
 #else
 /*
  * To calculate addresses of locally defined variables, GCC uses 32-bit
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ extern unsigned long __per_cpu_offset[NR_CPUS];
 		: "=&r"(__ptr), "=&r"(tmp_gp));		\
 	(typeof(&per_cpu_var(var)))(__ptr + (offset)); })
 
-#define PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES	__used
+#define PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES	__used
 
 #endif /* MODULE */
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ extern unsigned long __per_cpu_offset[NR_CPUS];
 #define __get_cpu_var(var)		per_cpu_var(var)
 #define __raw_get_cpu_var(var)		per_cpu_var(var)
 
-#define PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES
+#define PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES
 
 #endif /* SMP */
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/percpu.h b/include/asm-generic/percpu.h
index d7d50d7ee51e..aa00800adacc 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/percpu.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/percpu.h
@@ -97,4 +97,8 @@ extern void setup_per_cpu_areas(void);
 #define PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES
 #endif
 
+#ifndef PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES
+#define PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_PERCPU_H_ */
diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
index 8f921d74f49f..68438e18fff4 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 
 #define DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, section)			\
 	__attribute__((__section__(PER_CPU_BASE_SECTION section)))	\
-	PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name
+	PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES			\
+	__typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name
 
 /*
  * Variant on the per-CPU variable declaration/definition theme used for