diff --git a/include/asm-x86/percpu.h b/include/asm-x86/percpu.h
index 4e91ee1e37aa170140e92814a08232fef4e6dfd4..f643a3a92da08b3789efde09f883850f0e85b0ac 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/percpu.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/percpu.h
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ do {							\
 	DEFINE_PER_CPU(_type, _name) = _initvalue;			\
 	__typeof__(_type) _name##_early_map[NR_CPUS] __initdata =	\
 				{ [0 ... NR_CPUS-1] = _initvalue };	\
-	__typeof__(_type) *_name##_early_ptr = _name##_early_map
+	__typeof__(_type) *_name##_early_ptr __refdata = _name##_early_map
 
 #define EXPORT_EARLY_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(_name)			\
 	EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(_name)