diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index a404552555d488c832e7758293d7d4c1e229e679..c3f77e3b7819ccd590cff067b3c7260382f91ce9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ struct ppp {
 	int		n_channels;	/* how many channels are attached 54 */
 	spinlock_t	rlock;		/* lock for receive side 58 */
 	spinlock_t	wlock;		/* lock for transmit side 5c */
-	int		*xmit_recursion __percpu; /* xmit recursion detect */
+	int __percpu	*xmit_recursion; /* xmit recursion detect */
 	int		mru;		/* max receive unit 60 */
 	unsigned int	flags;		/* control bits 64 */
 	unsigned int	xstate;		/* transmit state bits 68 */