diff --git a/include/linux/percpu.h b/include/linux/percpu.h
index d8e5a9abbce..545b068bcb7 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu.h
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static inline void *__alloc_percpu(size_t size, size_t align)
 	 * on it.  Larger alignment should only be used for module
 	 * percpu sections on SMP for which this path isn't used.
 	 */
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(align > __alignof__(unsigned long long));
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(align > SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
 	return kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 }