diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
index d2efcd93e1e2..88b397c30d86 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ static struct inet_protosw l2tp_ip6_protosw = {
 	.ops		= &l2tp_ip6_ops,
 };
 
-static const struct inet6_protocol l2tp_ip6_protocol = {
+static struct inet6_protocol l2tp_ip6_protocol __read_mostly = {
 	.handler	= l2tp_ip6_recv,
 };