diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 471ba48c7ae4..c1c0b0cf39b4 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);						\
 	*(.data..percpu..page_aligned)					\
 	. = ALIGN(cacheline);						\
-	*(.data..percpu..readmostly)					\
+	*(.data..percpu..read_mostly)					\
 	. = ALIGN(cacheline);						\
 	*(.data..percpu)						\
 	*(.data..percpu..shared_aligned)				\
diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
index a5fc7d01aad6..dec01d6c3f80 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@
  * Declaration/definition used for per-CPU variables that must be read mostly.
  */
 #define DECLARE_PER_CPU_READ_MOSTLY(type, name)			\
-	DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, "..readmostly")
+	DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, "..read_mostly")
 
 #define DEFINE_PER_CPU_READ_MOSTLY(type, name)				\
-	DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, "..readmostly")
+	DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, "..read_mostly")
 
 /*
  * Intermodule exports for per-CPU variables.  sparse forgets about