diff --git a/mm/allocpercpu.c b/mm/allocpercpu.c
index 3653c570232b..1882923bc706 100644
--- a/mm/allocpercpu.c
+++ b/mm/allocpercpu.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void *__alloc_percpu(size_t size, size_t align)
 	 * on it.  Larger alignment should only be used for module
 	 * percpu sections on SMP for which this path isn't used.
 	 */
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(align > __alignof__(unsigned long long));
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(align > SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
 
 	if (unlikely(!pdata))
 		return NULL;