diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.c b/drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.c
index 6430a2ec6db198649ea40421533d030cc432fa71..f9491bd787d1ac06c0032a2524b5cc52b31c7f60 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.c
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@
 
 #include "de4x5.h"
 
-static const char version[] __devinitdata =
+static const char version[] __devinitconst =
 	KERN_INFO "de4x5.c:V0.546 2001/02/22 davies@maniac.ultranet.com\n";
 
 #define c_char const char
diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/dmfe.c b/drivers/net/tulip/dmfe.c
index 2e5c99941f35306b711c315be2585ea6452f4e35..e2c9d0f5a75507c39ce512824deccee80d002e4c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/dmfe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/dmfe.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ enum dmfe_CR6_bits {
 
 /* Global variable declaration ----------------------------- */
 static int __devinitdata printed_version;
-static char version[] __devinitdata =
+static const char version[] __devinitconst =
 	KERN_INFO DRV_NAME ": Davicom DM9xxx net driver, version "
 	DRV_VERSION " (" DRV_RELDATE ")\n";
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/uli526x.c b/drivers/net/tulip/uli526x.c
index 030e02e630239099528248327b497ed62922b6ed..c227db0796214b011a2f268bea94ed95f5f33fd9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/uli526x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/uli526x.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ enum uli526x_CR6_bits {
 
 /* Global variable declaration ----------------------------- */
 static int __devinitdata printed_version;
-static char version[] __devinitdata =
+static const char version[] __devinitconst =
 	KERN_INFO DRV_NAME ": ULi M5261/M5263 net driver, version "
 	DRV_VERSION " (" DRV_RELDATE ")\n";
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c b/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
index 426b7c73e36abf1415a00bdd29002baf90ed95db..c61a01b029af78439addf39c35a2a4e9c6e43346 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
@@ -139,9 +139,10 @@ static int full_duplex[MAX_UNITS] = {-1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1};
 #define PKT_BUF_SZ		1536	/* Size of each temporary Rx buffer.*/
 
 /* These identify the driver base version and may not be removed. */
-static const char version[] __initdata =
-KERN_INFO DRV_NAME ".c:v" DRV_VERSION " (2.4 port) " DRV_RELDATE "  Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>\n"
-KERN_INFO "  http://www.scyld.com/network/drivers.html\n";
+static const char version[] __initconst =
+	KERN_INFO DRV_NAME ".c:v" DRV_VERSION " (2.4 port) "
+	DRV_RELDATE "  Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>\n"
+	KERN_INFO "  http://www.scyld.com/network/drivers.html\n";
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Winbond W89c840 Ethernet driver");