diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
index 406744566cbed6e0fcf846342e9402b83d99f4ab..e5be78915632cec26c0edab336eb1966c349f53a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR
 #include <linux/stackprotector.h>
-unsigned long __stack_chk_guard __read_mostly;
+unsigned long __stack_chk_guard __ro_after_init;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__stack_chk_guard);
 #endif