diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/services.c b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
index 082b20c78363..051ee18964b3 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/services.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ static DEFINE_RWLOCK(policy_rwlock);
 
 static struct sidtab sidtab;
 struct policydb policydb;
-int ss_initialized;
-
+int ss_initialized __aligned(0x1000) __attribute__((section(".bss_rtic")));
 /*
  * The largest sequence number that has been used when
  * providing an access decision to the access vector cache.