diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index dfb2f7c0d0192..7a6fb9b2bec51 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -1584,7 +1584,7 @@ static void __init pmu_check_apic(void)
 
 }
 
-static struct attribute_group x86_pmu_format_group = {
+static struct attribute_group x86_pmu_format_group __ro_after_init = {
 	.name = "format",
 	.attrs = NULL,
 };
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@ static struct attribute *events_attr[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
-static struct attribute_group x86_pmu_events_group = {
+static struct attribute_group x86_pmu_events_group __ro_after_init = {
 	.name = "events",
 	.attrs = events_attr,
 };
@@ -2230,7 +2230,7 @@ static struct attribute *x86_pmu_attrs[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
-static struct attribute_group x86_pmu_attr_group = {
+static struct attribute_group x86_pmu_attr_group __ro_after_init = {
 	.attrs = x86_pmu_attrs,
 };
 
@@ -2248,7 +2248,7 @@ static struct attribute *x86_pmu_caps_attrs[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-static struct attribute_group x86_pmu_caps_group = {
+static struct attribute_group x86_pmu_caps_group __ro_after_init = {
 	.name = "caps",
 	.attrs = x86_pmu_caps_attrs,
 };