diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bug.h b/include/asm-generic/bug.h
index 84458b0c38d1..2520a6e241dc 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/bug.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bug.h
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ extern void warn_slowpath_null(const char *file, const int line);
 #endif
 
 #define WARN_ON_ONCE(condition)	({				\
-	static bool __warned;					\
+	static bool __section(.data.unlikely) __warned;		\
 	int __ret_warn_once = !!(condition);			\
 								\
 	if (unlikely(__ret_warn_once))				\
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ extern void warn_slowpath_null(const char *file, const int line);
 })
 
 #define WARN_ONCE(condition, format...)	({			\
-	static bool __warned;					\
+	static bool __section(.data.unlikely) __warned;		\
 	int __ret_warn_once = !!(condition);			\
 								\
 	if (unlikely(__ret_warn_once))				\
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ extern void warn_slowpath_null(const char *file, const int line);
 })
 
 #define WARN_TAINT_ONCE(condition, taint, format...)	({	\
-	static bool __warned;					\
+	static bool __section(.data.unlikely) __warned;		\
 	int __ret_warn_once = !!(condition);			\
 								\
 	if (unlikely(__ret_warn_once))				\
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index b5e2e4c6b017..798603e8ec38 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@
 	CPU_KEEP(exit.data)						\
 	MEM_KEEP(init.data)						\
 	MEM_KEEP(exit.data)						\
+	*(.data.unlikely)						\
 	STRUCT_ALIGN();							\
 	*(__tracepoints)						\
 	/* implement dynamic printk debug */				\
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 937217425c47..2c62594b67dd 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ extern int rcu_my_thread_group_empty(void);
  */
 #define rcu_lockdep_assert(c, s)					\
 	do {								\
-		static bool __warned;					\
+		static bool __section(.data.unlikely) __warned;		\
 		if (debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() && !__warned && !(c)) {	\
 			__warned = true;				\
 			lockdep_rcu_suspicious(__FILE__, __LINE__, s);	\