diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/init.c b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
index 370581aeb871..4c587ad8bfe3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
@@ -619,8 +619,8 @@ static struct section_perm ro_perms[] = {
 		.start  = (unsigned long)_stext,
 		.end    = (unsigned long)__init_begin,
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_LPAE
-		.mask   = ~L_PMD_SECT_RDONLY,
-		.prot   = L_PMD_SECT_RDONLY,
+		.mask   = ~(L_PMD_SECT_RDONLY | PMD_SECT_AP2),
+		.prot   = L_PMD_SECT_RDONLY | PMD_SECT_AP2,
 #else
 		.mask   = ~(PMD_SECT_APX | PMD_SECT_AP_WRITE),
 		.prot   = PMD_SECT_APX | PMD_SECT_AP_WRITE,