diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
index 53e5820d6054949967c26595a2457f97961c6e6e..eb415043a9297d742f3df5d9a1de10fa35d0b69b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ ENTRY(secondary_startup_64)
 	lretq
 
 	/* SMP bootup changes these two */
-	__CPUINITDATA
+	__REFDATA
 	.align	8
 	ENTRY(initial_code)
 	.quad	x86_64_start_kernel