diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/xor.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/xor.h
index c38e3d017a79..bb7428d4ebc6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/xor.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/xor.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON
 
-extern struct xor_block_template const xor_block_inner_neon;
+extern struct xor_block_template xor_block_inner_neon __ro_after_init;
 
 static void
 xor_neon_2(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,