diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-prot.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-prot.h
index d27e8872fe3c..2b32639160de 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-prot.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-prot.h
@@ -164,9 +164,6 @@ static inline bool __pure lpa2_is_enabled(void)
 #define _PAGE_GCS	(_PAGE_DEFAULT | PTE_NG | PTE_UXN | PTE_WRITE | PTE_USER)
 #define _PAGE_GCS_RO	(_PAGE_DEFAULT | PTE_NG | PTE_UXN | PTE_USER)
 
-#define PAGE_GCS	__pgprot(_PAGE_GCS)
-#define PAGE_GCS_RO	__pgprot(_PAGE_GCS_RO)
-
 #define PIE_E0	( \
 	PIRx_ELx_PERM_PREP(pte_pi_index(_PAGE_GCS),           PIE_GCS)  | \
 	PIRx_ELx_PERM_PREP(pte_pi_index(_PAGE_GCS_RO),        PIE_R)   | \
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmap.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmap.c
index 08ee177432c2..75f343009b4b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmap.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ static pgprot_t protection_map[16] __ro_after_init = {
 	[VM_SHARED | VM_EXEC | VM_WRITE | VM_READ]	= PAGE_SHARED_EXEC
 };
 
+static ptdesc_t gcs_page_prot __ro_after_init = _PAGE_GCS_RO;
+
 /*
  * You really shouldn't be using read() or write() on /dev/mem.  This might go
  * away in the future.
@@ -73,9 +75,11 @@ static int __init adjust_protection_map(void)
 		protection_map[VM_EXEC | VM_SHARED] = PAGE_EXECONLY;
 	}
 
-	if (lpa2_is_enabled())
+	if (lpa2_is_enabled()) {
 		for (int i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(protection_map); i++)
 			pgprot_val(protection_map[i]) &= ~PTE_SHARED;
+		gcs_page_prot &= ~PTE_SHARED;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ pgprot_t vm_get_page_prot(vm_flags_t vm_flags)
 
 	/* Short circuit GCS to avoid bloating the table. */
 	if (system_supports_gcs() && (vm_flags & VM_SHADOW_STACK)) {
-		prot = _PAGE_GCS_RO;
+		prot = gcs_page_prot;
 	} else {
 		prot = pgprot_val(protection_map[vm_flags &
 				   (VM_READ|VM_WRITE|VM_EXEC|VM_SHARED)]);