diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index 0fd4c1be4f64..1245274dacf9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
 #
 # Copyright (C) 1995-2001 by Russell King
 
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux	:=--no-undefined -X
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux	:=--no-undefined -X -z norelro
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE), y)
 # Pass --no-apply-dynamic-relocs to restore pre-binutils-2.27 behaviour
 # for relative relocs, since this leads to better Image compression
 # with the relocation offsets always being zero.
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux		+= -shared -Bsymbolic -z notext -z norelro \
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux		+= -shared -Bsymbolic -z notext \
 			$(call ld-option, --no-apply-dynamic-relocs)
 endif