diff --git a/include/linux/cache.h b/include/linux/cache.h
index 97e2488..4c57065 100644
--- a/include/linux/cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/cache.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #ifndef __cacheline_aligned
 #define __cacheline_aligned					\
   __attribute__((__aligned__(SMP_CACHE_BYTES),			\
-		 __section__(".data.cacheline_aligned")))
+		 __section__(".data..cacheline_aligned")))
 #endif /* __cacheline_aligned */
 
 #ifndef __cacheline_aligned_in_smp