diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
index 28feeba..6080d26 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@
 };
 #endif
 
-extern void (*crash_vmclear_loaded_vmcss)(void);
+typedef void crash_vmclear_fn(void);
+extern crash_vmclear_fn __rcu *crash_vmclear_loaded_vmcss;
 
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */