diff --git a/drivers/net/sundance.c b/drivers/net/sundance.c
index 43695b76606fdc64331ae0954e51dd3447eb6628..c399b1955c1eec016a037e67059f57d2f3f8eebc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sundance.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sundance.c
@@ -109,8 +109,9 @@ static char *media[MAX_UNITS];
 #endif
 
 /* These identify the driver base version and may not be removed. */
-static char version[] =
-KERN_INFO DRV_NAME ".c:v" DRV_VERSION " " DRV_RELDATE "  Written by Donald Becker\n";
+static const char version[] __devinitconst =
+	KERN_INFO DRV_NAME ".c:v" DRV_VERSION " " DRV_RELDATE
+	" Written by Donald Becker\n";
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Sundance Alta Ethernet driver");