diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.c b/drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.c
index 6418f74415d7b2c964ad7483595d7f414d2a78d2..98e86826b2c7c613b714f14c9c972a2ac6ef3cb9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.c
@@ -479,7 +479,8 @@
 
 #include "de4x5.h"
 
-static char version[] __devinitdata = "de4x5.c:V0.546 2001/02/22 davies@maniac.ultranet.com\n";
+static const char version[] __devinitdata =
+	KERN_INFO "de4x5.c:V0.546 2001/02/22 davies@maniac.ultranet.com\n";
 
 #define c_char const char
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c b/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
index f467bf87817d086c9d560cdf71c49c3e08df3576..426b7c73e36abf1415a00bdd29002baf90ed95db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static int full_duplex[MAX_UNITS] = {-1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1};
 #define PKT_BUF_SZ		1536	/* Size of each temporary Rx buffer.*/
 
 /* These identify the driver base version and may not be removed. */
-static char version[] =
+static const char version[] __initdata =
 KERN_INFO DRV_NAME ".c:v" DRV_VERSION " (2.4 port) " DRV_RELDATE "  Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>\n"
 KERN_INFO "  http://www.scyld.com/network/drivers.html\n";