diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 457d48ac7bcd..019a1c5281e4 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ bool hugetlbfs_pagecache_present(struct hstate *h,
 
 struct address_space *hugetlb_folio_mapping_lock_write(struct folio *folio);
 
-extern int sysctl_hugetlb_shm_group;
+extern int sysctl_hugetlb_shm_group __read_mostly;
 extern struct list_head huge_boot_pages[MAX_NUMNODES];
 
 void hugetlb_bootmem_alloc(void);