diff --git a/security/selinux/xfrm.c b/security/selinux/xfrm.c
index c367d36965d4..634f3db24da6 100644
--- a/security/selinux/xfrm.c
+++ b/security/selinux/xfrm.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #include "xfrm.h"
 
 /* Labeled XFRM instance counter */
-atomic_t selinux_xfrm_refcount = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+atomic_t selinux_xfrm_refcount __read_mostly = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 
 /*
  * Returns true if the context is an LSM/SELinux context.