diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index feb791648a1f6fd91c459da70ce77bc914c0928e..e293c58bea58fc2195da7f34d95417262cedeffa 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4071,7 +4071,7 @@ void __init set_dma_reserve(unsigned long new_dma_reserve)
 }
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
-struct pglist_data contig_page_data = { .bdata = &bootmem_node_data[0] };
+struct pglist_data __refdata contig_page_data = { .bdata = &bootmem_node_data[0] };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(contig_page_data);
 #endif