diff --git a/drivers/net/starfire.c b/drivers/net/starfire.c
index 6e00dc857afabf6b2d5ef3a20ae900d8083b622b..c49214feae9159c19aeaad05a43686ece54c97ca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/starfire.c
+++ b/drivers/net/starfire.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ do { \
 
 
 /* These identify the driver base version and may not be removed. */
-static const char version[] __devinitdata =
+static char version[] =
 KERN_INFO "starfire.c:v1.03 7/26/2000  Written by Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>\n"
 KERN_INFO " (unofficial 2.2/2.4 kernel port, version " DRV_VERSION ", " DRV_RELDATE ")\n";