diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c
index 6eff51e9400c7285587eae76077bd953542065c7..8ac4db09610afd501d16db48131229d20863b950 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct desc_ptr idt_descr = { 256 * 16, (unsigned long) idt_table };
 char boot_cpu_stack[IRQSTACKSIZE] __attribute__((section(".bss.page_aligned")));
 
 unsigned long __supported_pte_mask __read_mostly = ~0UL;
-static int do_not_nx __initdata = 0;
+static int do_not_nx __cpuinitdata = 0;
 
 /* noexec=on|off
 Control non executable mappings for 64bit processes.