diff --git a/drivers/net/via-rhine.c b/drivers/net/via-rhine.c
index 4671436ecf0e..880eaf07413b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/via-rhine.c
+++ b/drivers/net/via-rhine.c
@@ -109,8 +109,9 @@ static const int multicast_filter_limit = 32;
 #include <linux/dmi.h>
 
 /* These identify the driver base version and may not be removed. */
-static char version[] __devinitdata =
-KERN_INFO DRV_NAME ".c:v1.10-LK" DRV_VERSION " " DRV_RELDATE " Written by Donald Becker\n";
+static const char version[] __devinitconst =
+	KERN_INFO DRV_NAME ".c:v1.10-LK" DRV_VERSION " " DRV_RELDATE
+	" Written by Donald Becker\n";
 
 /* This driver was written to use PCI memory space. Some early versions
    of the Rhine may only work correctly with I/O space accesses. */