diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
index fa8c201fca77..36945030520a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
@@ -1176,6 +1176,7 @@ static int verity_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 
 static struct target_type verity_target = {
 	.name		= "verity",
+	.features	= DM_TARGET_IMMUTABLE,
 	.version	= {1, 4, 0},
 	.module		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.ctr		= verity_ctr,