diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/percpu.h b/include/asm-ia64/percpu.h
index 26404b77f007..77f30b664b4e 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/percpu.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/percpu.h
@@ -15,18 +15,20 @@
 
 #include <linux/threads.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+
 #ifdef HAVE_MODEL_SMALL_ATTRIBUTE
 # define PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES	__attribute__((__model__ (__small__)))
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-
 #define __my_cpu_offset	__ia64_per_cpu_var(local_per_cpu_offset)
 
 extern void *per_cpu_init(void);
 
 #else /* ! SMP */
 
+#define PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES	__attribute__((__section__(".data.percpu")))
+
 #define per_cpu_init()				(__phys_per_cpu_start)
 
 #endif	/* SMP */