diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm.c b/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm.c
index e5e27d79f5ef58eb99ff15bbbecd1f331a7aa73f..ff491da64dab8420298c9e00d22eddac908b310c 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ static void msm_gpio_dbg_show(struct seq_file *s, struct gpio_chip *chip)
 #define msm_gpio_dbg_show NULL
 #endif
 
-static struct gpio_chip msm_gpio_template = {
+static const struct gpio_chip msm_gpio_template = {
 	.direction_input  = msm_gpio_direction_input,
 	.direction_output = msm_gpio_direction_output,
 	.get_direction    = msm_gpio_get_direction,