diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h
index cdd68ed3ae1a..67aa23814010 100644
--- a/include/linux/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h
@@ -1993,7 +1993,7 @@ static inline unsigned long zero_pfn(unsigned long addr)
 	return zero_page_pfn;
 }
 
-extern uint8_t empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE];
+extern const uint8_t empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE];
 extern struct page *__zero_page;
 
 static inline struct page *_zero_page(unsigned long addr)
diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index f9f8e1af921c..46cf001238c5 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ unsigned long zero_page_pfn __ro_after_init;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(zero_page_pfn);
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_COLOR_ZERO_PAGE
-uint8_t empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE] __page_aligned_bss;
+const uint8_t empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE] __aligned(PAGE_SIZE);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page);
 
 struct page *__zero_page __ro_after_init;