diff --git a/tools/lib/lockdep/uinclude/linux/compiler.h b/tools/lib/lockdep/uinclude/linux/compiler.h
index 6386dc3182a0..fd3e56a83fc2 100644
--- a/tools/lib/lockdep/uinclude/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/tools/lib/lockdep/uinclude/linux/compiler.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #define __used		__attribute__((__unused__))
 #define unlikely
+#define READ_ONCE(x) (x)
 #define WRITE_ONCE(x, val) x=(val)
 #define RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, v) p=(v)