diff --git a/net/tipc/core.c b/net/tipc/core.c
index daae7f74d418e443bda876835d9238fc3b5ecdea..b858f2003523e7a94b2c62bcb7c9e9110a03e2d0 100644
--- a/net/tipc/core.c
+++ b/net/tipc/core.c
@@ -48,15 +48,15 @@
 
 
 /* global variables used by multiple sub-systems within TIPC */
-int tipc_random;
+int tipc_random __read_mostly;
 
 /* configurable TIPC parameters */
-u32 tipc_own_addr;
-int tipc_max_ports;
+u32 tipc_own_addr __read_mostly;
+int tipc_max_ports __read_mostly;
 int tipc_max_subscriptions;
 int tipc_max_publications;
-int tipc_net_id;
-int tipc_remote_management;
+int tipc_net_id __read_mostly;
+int tipc_remote_management __read_mostly;
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/tipc/core.h b/net/tipc/core.h
index e4e46cd2d0e671363afe8387b4eb06cf89a9f1d4..4c5705ac8a5a3c2464801e463ac5046c3636766c 100644
--- a/net/tipc/core.h
+++ b/net/tipc/core.h
@@ -74,17 +74,17 @@ int tipc_snprintf(char *buf, int len, const char *fmt, ...);
 /*
  * Global configuration variables
  */
-extern u32 tipc_own_addr;
-extern int tipc_max_ports;
+extern u32 tipc_own_addr __read_mostly;
+extern int tipc_max_ports __read_mostly;
 extern int tipc_max_subscriptions;
 extern int tipc_max_publications;
-extern int tipc_net_id;
-extern int tipc_remote_management;
+extern int tipc_net_id __read_mostly;
+extern int tipc_remote_management __read_mostly;
 
 /*
  * Other global variables
  */
-extern int tipc_random;
+extern int tipc_random __read_mostly;
 
 /*
  * Routines available to privileged subsystems
diff --git a/net/tipc/handler.c b/net/tipc/handler.c
index 7a52d3922f3c2bde5b220cc96db7964fbe566e7a..111ff8300ae52ed43226f3ec8ab079bdb2e00b9c 100644
--- a/net/tipc/handler.c
+++ b/net/tipc/handler.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct queue_item {
 static struct kmem_cache *tipc_queue_item_cache;
 static struct list_head signal_queue_head;
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(qitem_lock);
-static int handler_enabled;
+static int handler_enabled __read_mostly;
 
 static void process_signal_queue(unsigned long dummy);