diff --git a/include/linux/hashtable.h b/include/linux/hashtable.h
index 519b6e2d769ede04d120f6ea3bc5f848e4978148..661e5c2a8e2a49e30d2fe3895f234e321ec81c71 100644
--- a/include/linux/hashtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/hashtable.h
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 	struct hlist_head name[1 << (bits)] =					\
 			{ [0 ... ((1 << (bits)) - 1)] = HLIST_HEAD_INIT }
 
+#define DEFINE_READ_MOSTLY_HASHTABLE(name, bits)				\
+	struct hlist_head name[1 << (bits)] __read_mostly =			\
+			{ [0 ... ((1 << (bits)) - 1)] = HLIST_HEAD_INIT }
+
 #define DECLARE_HASHTABLE(name, bits)                                   	\
 	struct hlist_head name[1 << (bits)]
 
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ff58a8bc5e3c5090d0395ba887bd688bedab3304..02dfbd91a8e4626659a5b79d65ce554c5fa14ff9 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_base_lock);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(napi_hash_lock);
 
 static unsigned int napi_gen_id = NR_CPUS;
-static DEFINE_HASHTABLE(napi_hash, 8);
+static DEFINE_READ_MOSTLY_HASHTABLE(napi_hash, 8);
 
 static seqcount_t devnet_rename_seq;