diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.c
index 6b531a659b1e8861b843f48e7f9d36d813760191..5f1e4799e8fa2a725f605cbb8ec385361fd1f91c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.c
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@
 #include "xfs_error.h"
 #include "xfs_trace.h"
 
-struct xfs_name xfs_name_dotdot = { (unsigned char *)"..", 2, XFS_DIR3_FT_DIR };
+const struct xfs_name xfs_name_dotdot = {
+	.name	= (const unsigned char *)"..",
+	.len	= 2,
+	.type	= XFS_DIR3_FT_DIR,
+};
 
 /*
  * Convert inode mode to directory entry filetype
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.h
index 55e0557000db5e027d87e98e999fe7480a512af6..b6df3c34b26afb8a703aece814770a283619915b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ struct xfs_dir2_data_unused;
 struct xfs_dir3_icfree_hdr;
 struct xfs_dir3_icleaf_hdr;
 
-extern struct xfs_name	xfs_name_dotdot;
+extern const struct xfs_name	xfs_name_dotdot;
 
 /*
  * Convert inode mode to directory entry filetype