diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
index f34261296ffb71bc9f62f57ecf069508fe40d9d6..3388034222390150c0ee27674a012e6b3a47095b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ extern struct apic *apic;
  * to enforce the order with in them.
  */
 #define apic_driver(sym)					\
-	static struct apic *__apicdrivers_##sym __used		\
+	static const struct apic *__apicdrivers_##sym __used		\
 	__aligned(sizeof(struct apic *))			\
 	__section(.apicdrivers) = { &sym }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_numachip.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_numachip.c
index bc552cff257834bee7a8c1078112ea46380892d4..a65829ac2b9a1b4cb9517f94318bc106291061ad 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_numachip.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_numachip.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 static int numachip_system __read_mostly;
 
-static struct apic apic_numachip __read_mostly;
+static const struct apic apic_numachip __read_mostly;
 
 static unsigned int get_apic_id(unsigned long x)
 {
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static int numachip_acpi_madt_oem_check(char *oem_id, char *oem_table_id)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct apic apic_numachip __refconst = {
+static const struct apic apic_numachip __refconst = {
 
 	.name				= "NumaConnect system",
 	.probe				= numachip_probe,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c
index af6db6ec5b2a20db3d13861bdb97b878f8371f1e..4929c1be0ac0077f7c279fe296ece8e425684c9a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static struct platform_device rtc_device = {
 static __init int add_rtc_cmos(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PNP
-	static const char *ids[] __initconst =
+	static const char * const  const ids[] __initconst =
 	    { "PNP0b00", "PNP0b01", "PNP0b02", };
 	struct pnp_dev *dev;
 	struct pnp_id *id;