diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
index b5d603992d40..845f9bdddb76 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static void clean_dcache_range_nopatch(u64 start, u64 end)
 	} while (cur += d_size, cur < end);
 }
 
-static void __apply_alternatives(void *alt_region, bool is_module)
+static void __nocfi __apply_alternatives(void *alt_region, bool is_module)
 {
 	struct alt_instr *alt;
 	struct alt_region *region = alt_region;