diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 30d8564e9603..73af6267d2ef 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);		/* make sure the gate page doesn't expose kernel data */
 
+  .data.read_mostly : AT(ADDR(.data.read_mostly) - LOAD_OFFSET)
+        { *(.data.read_mostly) }
+
   .data.cacheline_aligned : AT(ADDR(.data.cacheline_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET)
         { *(.data.cacheline_aligned) }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/cache.h b/include/linux/cache.h
index f6b5a46c5f82..0b7ecf3af78a 100644
--- a/include/linux/cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/cache.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #define SMP_CACHE_BYTES L1_CACHE_BYTES
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_X86) || defined(CONFIG_SPARC64)
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86) || defined(CONFIG_SPARC64) || defined(CONFIG_IA64)
 #define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
 #else
 #define __read_mostly