diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 1a869488b8aece23124588b24e2e33294142738f..b8d8c805fd757d61bdd941661626d79022483851 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ struct pcpu_sw_netstats {
 
 #define netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(type)				\
 ({								\
-	typeof(type) *pcpu_stats = alloc_percpu(type);		\
+	typeof(type) __percpu *pcpu_stats = alloc_percpu(type); \
 	if (pcpu_stats)	{					\
 		int i;						\
 		for_each_possible_cpu(i) {			\