diff --git a/include/linux/percpu.h b/include/linux/percpu.h
index fb8d2d24e4bb..20317d88deba 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu.h
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ struct percpu_data {
         (__typeof__(ptr))__p->ptrs[(cpu)];	\
 })
 
-extern void *__alloc_percpu(size_t size, size_t align);
+extern void *__alloc_percpu(size_t size);
 extern void free_percpu(const void *);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
 #define per_cpu_ptr(ptr, cpu) ({ (void)(cpu); (ptr); })
 
-static inline void *__alloc_percpu(size_t size, size_t align)
+static inline void *__alloc_percpu(size_t size)
 {
 	void *ret = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (ret)
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ static inline void free_percpu(const void *ptr)
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
 /* Simple wrapper for the common case: zeros memory. */
-#define alloc_percpu(type) \
-	((type *)(__alloc_percpu(sizeof(type), __alignof__(type))))
+#define alloc_percpu(type)	((type *)(__alloc_percpu(sizeof(type))))
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_PERCPU_H */
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index e5ec26e0c460..eb70fddf2059 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -2944,9 +2944,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kmalloc);
  * Objects should be dereferenced using the per_cpu_ptr macro only.
  *
  * @size: how many bytes of memory are required.
- * @align: the alignment, which can't be greater than SMP_CACHE_BYTES.
  */
-void *__alloc_percpu(size_t size, size_t align)
+void *__alloc_percpu(size_t size)
 {
 	int i;
 	struct percpu_data *pdata = kmalloc(sizeof (*pdata), GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index 68afc53be662..25c3fe5005d9 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -689,11 +689,11 @@ snmp6_mib_init(void *ptr[2], size_t mibsize, size_t mibalign)
 	if (ptr == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ptr[0] = __alloc_percpu(mibsize, mibalign);
+	ptr[0] = __alloc_percpu(mibsize);
 	if (!ptr[0])
 		goto err0;
 
-	ptr[1] = __alloc_percpu(mibsize, mibalign);
+	ptr[1] = __alloc_percpu(mibsize);
 	if (!ptr[1])
 		goto err1;