diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index 11e48665d9530043a4d6050b880aec0151737a5d..1354722e97c51037f3a7b5b4a95343514022e216 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -2576,7 +2576,7 @@ static int mlx5_ib_alloc_q_counters(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static const char const *names[] = {
+static const char * const names[] = {
 	"rx_write_requests",
 	"rx_read_requests",
 	"rx_atomic_requests",