diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
index 9f0610243bd6cd3357c847a5e5d392353579f471..ce328c7f5c94556cdda6021e8aef1b950aba5aa2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static struct mem_type mem_types[] = {
 	},
 	[MT_MEMORY_SO] = {
 		.prot_pte  = L_PTE_PRESENT | L_PTE_YOUNG | L_PTE_DIRTY |
-				L_PTE_MT_UNCACHED,
+				L_PTE_MT_UNCACHED | L_PTE_XN,
 		.prot_l1   = PMD_TYPE_TABLE,
 		.prot_sect = PMD_TYPE_SECT | PMD_SECT_AP_WRITE | PMD_SECT_S |
 				PMD_SECT_UNCACHED | PMD_SECT_XN,