diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index f0e282244752..86cbee644a39 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -2139,11 +2139,11 @@ static int finalize_hyp_mode(void)
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
-	 * Exclude HYP BSS from kmemleak so that it doesn't get peeked
-	 * at, which would end badly once the section is inaccessible.
-	 * None of other sections should ever be introspected.
+	 * Exclude HYP BSS and DATA from kmemleak so that they don't get peeked
+	 * at, which would end badly once the sections are inaccessible.
 	 */
 	kmemleak_free_part(__hyp_bss_start, __hyp_bss_end - __hyp_bss_start);
+	kmemleak_free_part(__hyp_data_start, __hyp_data_end - __hyp_data_start);
 	return pkvm_drop_host_privileges();
 }