diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
index 5418e6357249..aecbb021d6d7 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext/ext.c
@@ -5687,7 +5687,7 @@ static void free_kick_syncs(void)
 	int cpu;
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-		struct scx_kick_syncs **ksyncs = per_cpu_ptr(&scx_kick_syncs, cpu);
+		struct scx_kick_syncs __rcu **ksyncs = per_cpu_ptr(&scx_kick_syncs, cpu);
 		struct scx_kick_syncs *to_free;
 
 		to_free = rcu_replace_pointer(*ksyncs, NULL, true);
@@ -6668,7 +6668,7 @@ static int alloc_kick_syncs(void)
 	 * can exceed percpu allocator limits on large machines.
 	 */
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-		struct scx_kick_syncs **ksyncs = per_cpu_ptr(&scx_kick_syncs, cpu);
+		struct scx_kick_syncs __rcu **ksyncs = per_cpu_ptr(&scx_kick_syncs, cpu);
 		struct scx_kick_syncs *new_ksyncs;
 
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(rcu_access_pointer(*ksyncs));