diff --git a/include/os/freebsd/spl/sys/ia32/asm_linkage.h b/include/os/freebsd/spl/sys/ia32/asm_linkage.h
index 058d600007..1ebfd83506 100644
--- a/include/os/freebsd/spl/sys/ia32/asm_linkage.h
+++ b/include/os/freebsd/spl/sys/ia32/asm_linkage.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #define	ENDBR
 
 #define	SECTION_TEXT .text
-#define	SECTION_STATIC .data
+#define	SECTION_STATIC .rodata
 
 #ifdef	__cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/lib/libspl/include/os/freebsd/sys/ia32/asm_linkage.h b/lib/libspl/include/os/freebsd/sys/ia32/asm_linkage.h
index 9964f183cc..08c7303799 100644
--- a/lib/libspl/include/os/freebsd/sys/ia32/asm_linkage.h
+++ b/lib/libspl/include/os/freebsd/sys/ia32/asm_linkage.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #define	ENDBR
 
 #define	SECTION_TEXT .text
-#define	SECTION_STATIC .data
+#define	SECTION_STATIC .rodata
 
 #ifdef	__cplusplus
 extern "C" {