diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 008c73796bbb..7d5a07f0fd24 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 static struct cpu_dev *this_cpu __cpuinitdata;
 
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct gdt_page, gdt_page) = { .gdt = {
+DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(struct gdt_page, gdt_page) = { .gdt = {
 	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_CS] = { { { 0x0000ffff, 0x00cf9a00 } } },
 	[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_DS] = { { { 0x0000ffff, 0x00cf9200 } } },
 	[GDT_ENTRY_DEFAULT_USER_CS] = { { { 0x0000ffff, 0x00cffa00 } } },
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
index 21b4f7eefaab..a9b8560adbc2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_32.lds.S
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ SECTIONS
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
   .data.percpu  : AT(ADDR(.data.percpu) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 	__per_cpu_start = .;
+	*(.data.percpu.page_aligned)
 	*(.data.percpu)
 	*(.data.percpu.shared_aligned)
 	__per_cpu_end = .;
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index cb752ba72466..7440a0dceddb 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@
 	. = ALIGN(align);						\
 	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__per_cpu_start) = .;				\
 	.data.percpu  : AT(ADDR(.data.percpu) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
+		*(.data.percpu.page_aligned)				\
 		*(.data.percpu)						\
 		*(.data.percpu.shared_aligned)				\
 	}								\
diff --git a/include/linux/percpu.h b/include/linux/percpu.h
index fac3337547eb..9f2a3751873a 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu.h
@@ -23,12 +23,19 @@
 	__attribute__((__section__(SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION)))		\
 	PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name		\
 	____cacheline_aligned_in_smp
+
+#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(type, name)			\
+	__attribute__((__section__(".data.percpu.page_aligned")))	\
+	PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name
 #else
 #define DEFINE_PER_CPU(type, name)					\
 	PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name
 
 #define DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(type, name)		      \
 	DEFINE_PER_CPU(type, name)
+
+#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(type, name)		      \
+	DEFINE_PER_CPU(type, name)
 #endif
 
 #define EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(var) EXPORT_SYMBOL(per_cpu__##var)