diff --git a/internal/static/duplicate_darwin_arm64.go b/internal/static/duplicate_darwin_arm64.go
index dc7192e..c685965 100644
--- a/internal/static/duplicate_darwin_arm64.go
+++ b/internal/static/duplicate_darwin_arm64.go
@@ -244,14 +244,16 @@ func patchRodataCodePtrs(offset uintptr, moddata *moduledata) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	_, err = mach.VmRemap(mapStart, uintptr(tmpPtr), size)
+	err = unix.Mprotect(tmpSlice, unix.PROT_READ|unix.PROT_EXEC)
 	if err != nil {
 		unix.MunmapPtr(tmpPtr, size)
-		return fmt.Errorf("vm_remap rodata (%d bytes at %#x): %w", size, mapStart, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("mprotect temp to r-x: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	if err := unix.Mprotect(unsafe.Slice((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(mapStart)), int(size)), unix.PROT_READ); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("mprotect rodata to r: %w", err)
+	_, err = mach.VmRemap(mapStart, uintptr(tmpPtr), size)
+	if err != nil {
+		unix.MunmapPtr(tmpPtr, size)
+		return fmt.Errorf("vm_remap rodata (%d bytes at %#x): %w", size, mapStart, err)
 	}
 
 	unix.MunmapPtr(tmpPtr, size)