diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 75df62fea1b6..e43c805b7b8c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 u64 idmap_t0sz = TCR_T0SZ(VA_BITS);
 u64 idmap_ptrs_per_pgd = PTRS_PER_PGD;
 
-u64 __section(".mmuoff.data.write") vabits_actual;
+u64 __section(.mmuoff.data.write) vabits_actual;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vabits_actual);
 
 u64 kimage_voffset __ro_after_init;