diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 1a3c46c139f824c72887b0e5d31adccd12779ad4..06b536b47f97b2df4aa1326a1163f9ed96ade1dd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ static void tcp_v6_reqsk_destructor(struct request_sock *req)
 		kfree_skb(inet6_rsk(req)->pktopts);
 }
 
-static struct request_sock_ops tcp6_request_sock_ops _read_mostly = {
+static struct request_sock_ops tcp6_request_sock_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.family		=	AF_INET6,
 	.obj_size	=	sizeof(struct tcp6_request_sock),
 	.rtx_syn_ack	=	tcp_v6_send_synack,