diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c b/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
index 785606e3783e..24519f4508b9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
@@ -382,9 +382,9 @@ static void __dma_free_remap(void *cpu_addr, size_t size)
 }
 
 #define DEFAULT_DMA_COHERENT_POOL_SIZE	SZ_256K
-static struct gen_pool *atomic_pool;
+static struct gen_pool *atomic_pool __ro_after_init;
 
-static size_t atomic_pool_size = DEFAULT_DMA_COHERENT_POOL_SIZE;
+static size_t atomic_pool_size __initdata = DEFAULT_DMA_COHERENT_POOL_SIZE;
 
 static int __init early_coherent_pool(char *p)
 {