diff --git a/include/asm-sh/cache.h b/include/asm-sh/cache.h
index 0fe7cf9a0433..01e5cf51ba9b 100644
--- a/include/asm-sh/cache.h
+++ b/include/asm-sh/cache.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 #define L1_CACHE_BYTES		(1 << L1_CACHE_SHIFT)
 
+#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
+
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 struct cache_info {
 	unsigned int ways;		/* Number of cache ways */