diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/cache.h
index 650ac9ba734c9bb254baec52f6d076b9ce53583f..b4db69fbc40ce212a557b235679ec0ebf2208060 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
 #define SMP_CACHE_SHIFT		L1_CACHE_SHIFT
 #define SMP_CACHE_BYTES		L1_CACHE_BYTES
 
-#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
+#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data..read_mostly")))
 
 #endif /* _ASM_CACHE_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 832afbb87588bedcf2b8265495fd44b6874ccabb..e4b0b0bec039299746c41637b2d83a0f9ae693a2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		INIT_TASK_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 		NOSAVE_DATA
 		CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA(1 << CONFIG_MIPS_L1_CACHE_SHIFT)
+		READ_MOSTLY_DATA(1 << CONFIG_MIPS_L1_CACHE_SHIFT)
 		DATA_DATA
 		CONSTRUCTORS
 	}