diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index e597ecc..ac7e796 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
 	char __pad[20];		/* canary at %gs:20 */
 	unsigned long canary;
 };
-DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct stack_canary, stack_canary) ____cacheline_aligned;
+DECLARE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(struct stack_canary, stack_canary);
 #endif
 #endif	/* X86_64 */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 7d84bc4..f23e236 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@
 #else	/* CONFIG_X86_64 */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct stack_canary, stack_canary) ____cacheline_aligned;
+DEFINE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(struct stack_canary, stack_canary);
 #endif
 
 /* Make sure %fs and %gs are initialized properly in idle threads */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/percpu.h b/include/asm-generic/percpu.h
index aa00800..90079c3 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/percpu.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/percpu.h
@@ -81,14 +81,17 @@
 
 #ifdef MODULE
 #define PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION ""
+#define PER_CPU_ALIGNED_SECTION ""
 #else
 #define PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION ".shared_aligned"
+#define PER_CPU_ALIGNED_SECTION ".shared_aligned"
 #endif
 #define PER_CPU_FIRST_SECTION ".first"
 
 #else
 
 #define PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION ""
+#define PER_CPU_ALIGNED_SECTION ".shared_aligned"
 #define PER_CPU_FIRST_SECTION ""
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
index 68438e1..3058cf9 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@
 	DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION) \
 	____cacheline_aligned_in_smp
 
+#define DECLARE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(type, name)				\
+	DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, PER_CPU_ALIGNED_SECTION)	\
+	____cacheline_aligned
+
+#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(type, name)				\
+	DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, PER_CPU_ALIGNED_SECTION)	\
+	____cacheline_aligned
+
 /*
  * Declaration/definition used for per-CPU variables that must be page aligned.
  */