diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
index dc95ba0828a6bce808018fa546a4df87f6c3aa2f..6a0a5d0c746746a7e72a1b599c1e317bf4b076cf 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
@@ -2646,7 +2646,7 @@ static void brcms_b_tx_fifo_resume(struct brcms_hardware *wlc_hw,
 
 static void brcms_b_mute(struct brcms_hardware *wlc_hw, bool on, u32 flags)
 {
-	u8 null_ether_addr[ETH_ALEN] = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
+	const u8 null_ether_addr[ETH_ALEN] = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
 
 	if (on) {
 		/* suspend tx fifos */