diff --git a/include/linux/mmdebug.h b/include/linux/mmdebug.h
index 5d0767cb424a..4ed52879ce55 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmdebug.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmdebug.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ void dump_mm(const struct mm_struct *mm);
 		}							\
 	} while (0)
 #define VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_PAGE(cond, page)	({			\
-	static bool __section(".data.once") __warned;			\
+	static bool __section(.data.once) __warned;			\
 	int __ret_warn_once = !!(cond);					\
 									\
 	if (unlikely(__ret_warn_once && !__warned)) {			\