diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 4825883b2ffdc788a023b8aa558a5cb5e39bde85..e38a7ca4cdd07cbcc36c032a7a529e60395e640b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4252,7 +4252,7 @@ static void print_func_help_header_irq(struct array_buffer *buf, struct seq_file
 				       unsigned int flags)
 {
 	bool tgid = flags & TRACE_ITER_RECORD_TGID;
-	const char *space = "            ";
+	static const char space[] = "            ";
 	int prec = tgid ? 12 : 2;
 
 	print_event_info(buf, m);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index c6a65738feb364a689d7cdaa7b51e1c51481c10b..48e82e141d54591a28e55670a5f6863e6dbcc962 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -4165,7 +4165,7 @@ static int create_val_field(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 	return __create_val_field(hist_data, val_idx, file, NULL, field_str, 0);
 }
 
-static const char *no_comm = "(no comm)";
+static const char no_comm[] = "(no comm)";
 
 static u64 hist_field_execname(struct hist_field *hist_field,
 			       struct tracing_map_elt *elt,