diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
index c3aba1e..de48fd3 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(instances_lock);
 
 #define INSTANCE_BUCKETS	16
-static struct hlist_head instance_table[INSTANCE_BUCKETS];
+static struct hlist_head instance_table[INSTANCE_BUCKETS] __read_mostly;
 
 static inline u_int8_t instance_hashfn(u_int16_t queue_num)
 {