diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index c0673c56fb1a..ab6fcfb4fe11 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ struct rcu_state sname##_state = { \
 	.name = RCU_STATE_NAME(sname), \
 	.abbr = sabbr, \
 }; \
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rcu_data, sname##_data)
+DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(struct rcu_data, sname##_data)
 
 RCU_STATE_INITIALIZER(rcu_sched, 's', call_rcu_sched);
 RCU_STATE_INITIALIZER(rcu_bh, 'b', call_rcu_bh);