diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
index 7fa487ef7e2f..37b2a11af345 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  * Written by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
  */
 
+/* No __ro_after_init data in the .rodata section - which will always be ro */
+#define RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA
+
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/cache.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
@@ -223,6 +226,8 @@ SECTIONS
 		. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 		__init_end = .;
 
+		*(.data..ro_after_init)
+
 		NOSAVE_DATA
 		CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
 		READ_MOSTLY_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES)