diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
index d1757ef1b1e7..f1e598d6bc31 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ 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,
-				 unsigned long *feature_mask)
+static void __nocfi __apply_alternatives(void *alt_region,  bool is_module,
+					 unsigned long *feature_mask)
 {
 	struct alt_instr *alt;
 	struct alt_region *region = alt_region;