diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
index d068f15603ce782f18c742adc562e9e16ed2918f..61bd0be5fb189391823ad255bd9ebcdbbe1a448f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(ring_size, "Ring buffer size (in bytes)");
 /* The one and only one */
 static struct blkvsc_driver_context g_blkvsc_drv;
 
-static struct block_device_operations block_ops = {
+static const struct block_device_operations block_ops = {
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.open = blkvsc_open,
 	.release = blkvsc_release,