diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_types.h b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
index eb0466236661f51cb11d9c06416fc11eca35a950..7c1afe0f4129c5a5f76de071a68d41c41e3e1353 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ static inline void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *ptr) { }
 # endif
 # define __iomem
 # define __percpu	BTF_TYPE_TAG(percpu)
-# define __rcu
+# define __rcu		BTF_TYPE_TAG(rcu)
+
 # define __chk_user_ptr(x)	(void)0
 # define __chk_io_ptr(x)	(void)0
 /* context/locking */