diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bios.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bios.c
index c4ef3a0a737ed0cb8553eb8a8c5e111987ac9f4c..66bf2aff4a3ed17b46e7d9cbb3dab34f6f66745b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bios.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bios.c
@@ -1968,7 +1968,7 @@ static int load_nv17_hw_sequencer_ucode(struct drm_device *dev,
 	 * The microcode entries are found by the "HWSQ" signature.
 	 */
 
-	const uint8_t hwsq_signature[] = { 'H', 'W', 'S', 'Q' };
+	static const uint8_t hwsq_signature[] = { 'H', 'W', 'S', 'Q' };
 	const int sz = sizeof(hwsq_signature);
 	int hwsq_offset;
 
@@ -1984,7 +1984,7 @@ uint8_t *nouveau_bios_embedded_edid(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	struct nouveau_drm *drm = nouveau_drm(dev);
 	struct nvbios *bios = &drm->vbios;
-	const uint8_t edid_sig[] = {
+	static const uint8_t edid_sig[] = {
 			0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00 };
 	uint16_t offset = 0;
 	uint16_t newoffset;