diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index d0463a9462477716bd065b5c822cd34e96812282..b2f54fafb8bca41845a9a3522ff0080899014e2b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "cpu.h"
 
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct gdt_page, gdt_page) = { .gdt = {
+DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(struct gdt_page, gdt_page) = { .gdt = {
 	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_CS] = { { { 0x0000ffff, 0x00cf9a00 } } },
 	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_DS] = { { { 0x0000ffff, 0x00cf9200 } } },
 	[GDT_ENTRY_DEFAULT_USER_CS] = { { { 0x0000ffff, 0x00cffa00 } } },
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
index ce5ed083a1e905e463486e8f05e9125d2f41d157..0f7c29a8c4ea58f968590788b21979a8bfab82dd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ SECTIONS
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
   .data.percpu  : AT(ADDR(.data.percpu) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 	__per_cpu_start = .;
+	*(.data.percpu.page_aligned)
 	*(.data.percpu)
 	*(.data.percpu.shared_aligned)
 	__per_cpu_end = .;
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index f054778e916c08e0b1e7cc85dd028de15b21edb2..69e5c1182fde7997b9ed208f4fdf30531c4953d5 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@
 	. = ALIGN(align);						\
 	__per_cpu_start = .;						\
 	.data.percpu  : AT(ADDR(.data.percpu) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
+		*(.data.percpu.page_aligned)				\
 		*(.data.percpu)						\
 		*(.data.percpu.shared_aligned)				\
 	}								\
diff --git a/include/linux/percpu.h b/include/linux/percpu.h
index 4cdd393e71e1bb70ee0286c16f2aeb08d1458d98..2edacc8e6b8b887e6a2eed2ab0a1aeb9644ec62d 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu.h
@@ -23,12 +23,19 @@
 	__attribute__((__section__(SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION)))		\
 	PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name		\
 	____cacheline_aligned_in_smp
+
+#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(type, name)			\
+	__attribute__((__section__(".data.percpu.page_aligned")))	\
+	PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name
 #else
 #define DEFINE_PER_CPU(type, name)					\
 	PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name
 
 #define DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(type, name)		      \
 	DEFINE_PER_CPU(type, name)
+
+#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(type, name)		      \
+	DEFINE_PER_CPU(type, name)
 #endif
 
 #define EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(var) EXPORT_SYMBOL(per_cpu__##var)