diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_type.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_type.h
index 937b7ee7d69b1f021a27290cada950d528311fc6..16cc61720b530e5879ba509ab8ad43e714fc738c 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_type.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_type.h
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ struct i40iw_sc_dev {
 	struct i40iw_virt_mem ieq_mem;
 	struct i40iw_puda_rsrc *ieq;
 
-	struct i40iw_vf_cqp_ops *iw_vf_cqp_ops;
+	const struct i40iw_vf_cqp_ops *iw_vf_cqp_ops;
 
 	struct i40iw_hmc_fpm_misc hmc_fpm_misc;
 	u16 qs_handle;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_vf.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_vf.c
index cb0f18340e144bb7b4e426152f91ef2bda3d817f..e33d4810965c853a3e132114ebbefaafaaf62f0c 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_vf.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_vf.c
@@ -80,6 +80,6 @@ enum i40iw_status_code i40iw_manage_vf_pble_bp(struct i40iw_sc_cqp *cqp,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct i40iw_vf_cqp_ops iw_vf_cqp_ops = {
+const struct i40iw_vf_cqp_ops iw_vf_cqp_ops = {
 	i40iw_manage_vf_pble_bp
 };
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_vf.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_vf.h
index f649f3a62e13adde83a622c094b4718318bc8a89..4359559ece9c1edebef59ebbac1884246176d51a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_vf.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_vf.h
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@ enum i40iw_status_code i40iw_manage_vf_pble_bp(struct i40iw_sc_cqp *cqp,
 					       u64 scratch,
 					       bool post_sq);
 
-extern struct i40iw_vf_cqp_ops iw_vf_cqp_ops;
+extern const struct i40iw_vf_cqp_ops iw_vf_cqp_ops;
 
 #endif