diff --git a/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/cache.h b/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/cache.h
index dfc73050e6b441a1f1b17ef4944f30023984bcdc..1de779f4f240e6747bc86828896cc2c06971a0c0 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/cache.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/cache.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #define L1_CACHE_BYTES 32
 #define L1_CACHE_SHIFT 5
 
+#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
+
 void flush_dma_list(dma_descr_data *descr);
 void flush_dma_descr(dma_descr_data *descr, int flush_buf);