diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/dentry.c b/fs/ecryptfs/dentry.c
index 5e596583946c9de4eab193be422c93b8700815a0..2dda5ade75bc78a06461d0b62fbb9f74bde28678 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/dentry.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/dentry.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static void ecryptfs_d_release(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return;
 }
 
-struct dentry_operations ecryptfs_dops = {
+const struct dentry_operations ecryptfs_dops = {
 	.d_revalidate = ecryptfs_d_revalidate,
 	.d_release = ecryptfs_d_release,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
index ac749d4d644fe383caca23093f43b65ffd2c9ba8..064c5820e4e50dc3ba53b320b518a9e3c4ba7caa 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ extern const struct inode_operations ecryptfs_main_iops;
 extern const struct inode_operations ecryptfs_dir_iops;
 extern const struct inode_operations ecryptfs_symlink_iops;
 extern const struct super_operations ecryptfs_sops;
-extern struct dentry_operations ecryptfs_dops;
+extern const struct dentry_operations ecryptfs_dops;
 extern struct address_space_operations ecryptfs_aops;
 extern int ecryptfs_verbosity;
 extern unsigned int ecryptfs_message_buf_len;