diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
index 6b888d04392d5374bef8da6c10b016aec7052f59..aa12097668d33ed9dffef72344d573982c15aed5 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ lkdtm-$(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64)	+= powerpc.o
 KASAN_SANITIZE_rodata.o		:= n
 KASAN_SANITIZE_stackleak.o	:= n
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT_rodata.o	:= n
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_rodata.o		+= $(CC_FLAGS_LTO)
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS :=
 OBJCOPYFLAGS_rodata_objcopy.o	:= \