diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
index 99db24fcb66c8faf9a673c6a42630f5c436da6d4..f3dd2641d29af1b3bb96bb22dc12109fa785f16d 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static struct xattr_list evm_config_default_xattrnames[] = {
 
 LIST_HEAD(evm_config_xattrnames);
 
-static int evm_fixmode;
+static int evm_fixmode __ro_after_init;
 static int __init evm_set_param(char *str)
 {
 	if (strncmp(str, "fix", 3) == 0)