diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-compress.c b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-compress.c
index 1bead81bb5106b590259780d4bcdef86dba5fc03..1dbcab5a6ff0bf1fdf509a837f5e23125abc86bd 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-compress.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform-compress.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static int sst_platform_compr_set_metadata(struct snd_compr_stream *cstream,
 	return stream->compr_ops->set_metadata(sst->dev, stream->id, metadata);
 }
 
-struct snd_compr_ops sst_platform_compr_ops = {
+const struct snd_compr_ops sst_platform_compr_ops = {
 
 	.open = sst_platform_compr_open,
 	.free = sst_platform_compr_free,
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform.h b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform.h
index cb32cc7e5ec1f17484dc94f73a0a72cae38d9903..31a58c25472cb51be10c83143a0fac237fec9293 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform.h
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst-mfld-platform.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "sst-atom-controls.h"
 
 extern struct sst_device *sst;
-extern struct snd_compr_ops sst_platform_compr_ops;
+extern const struct snd_compr_ops sst_platform_compr_ops;
 
 #define SST_MONO		1
 #define SST_STEREO		2