diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-module.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-module.c
index 745fe4cd784d..de3c199654a0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-module.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-module.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static long libcfs_ioctl(struct file *file,
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static struct file_operations libcfs_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations libcfs_fops = {
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= libcfs_ioctl,
 	.open		= libcfs_psdev_open,
 	.release	= libcfs_psdev_release,