diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 2b452d68ab2e..b52ed1ada0be 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ struct root_domain {
 	 * NULL-terminated list of performance domains intersecting with the
 	 * CPUs of the rd. Protected by RCU.
 	 */
-	struct perf_domain	*pd;
+	struct perf_domain __rcu *pd;
 };
 
 extern struct root_domain def_root_domain;