diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.S
index 60c1db54b41a..82379a70ef03 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.S
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@
 #include <linux/const.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
-	__PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA
-
 	.globl vdso_start, vdso_end
+	.section .rodata
 	.balign PAGE_SIZE
 vdso_start:
 	.incbin "arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.so"