diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
index c70b3822013f..dd4c936d4d73 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ lkdtm-$(CONFIG_LKDTM)		+= cfi.o
 
 KASAN_SANITIZE_stackleak.o	:= n
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT_rodata.o	:= n
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_rodata.o		+= $(CC_FLAGS_LTO)
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS :=
 OBJCOPYFLAGS_rodata_objcopy.o	:= \