diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 08c9d316e5c21..8a517dd456f4c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 262
+SUBLEVEL = 263
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"
 
diff --git a/include/linux/once.h b/include/linux/once.h
index bb58e1c3aa034..3a6671d961b98 100644
--- a/include/linux/once.h
+++ b/include/linux/once.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void __do_once_slow_done(bool *done, struct static_key_true *once_key,
 #define DO_ONCE_SLOW(func, ...)						     \
 	({								     \
 		bool ___ret = false;					     \
-		static bool __section(".data.once") ___done = false;	     \
+		static bool __section(.data.once) ___done = false;	     \
 		static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(___once_key);		     \
 		if (static_branch_unlikely(&___once_key)) {		     \
 			___ret = __do_once_slow_start(&___done);	     \