diff --git a/drivers/char/hpet.c b/drivers/char/hpet.c
index d784650d14f0d113c5d852e47d9dd676741e3b4f..448ce5e29c561bcf4fb8d1a6d3013fb6339e69be 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hpet.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hpet.c
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ static int hpet_is_known(struct hpet_data *hdp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static ctl_table hpet_table[] = {
+static struct ctl_table hpet_table[] = {
 	{
 	 .procname = "max-user-freq",
 	 .data = &hpet_max_freq,
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ static ctl_table hpet_table[] = {
 	{}
 };
 
-static ctl_table hpet_root[] = {
+static struct ctl_table hpet_root[] = {
 	{
 	 .procname = "hpet",
 	 .maxlen = 0,
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ static ctl_table hpet_root[] = {
 	{}
 };
 
-static ctl_table dev_root[] = {
+static struct ctl_table dev_root[] = {
 	{
 	 .procname = "dev",
 	 .maxlen = 0,
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_poweroff.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_poweroff.c
index 2efa176beab0b2a765b3fe5e01dfb08c13706455..9f2e3be2c5b8b37d059d9aca5d2f4677753ce034 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_poweroff.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_poweroff.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static struct ipmi_smi_watcher smi_watcher = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 
-static ctl_table ipmi_table[] = {
+static struct ctl_table ipmi_table[] = {
 	{ .procname	= "poweroff_powercycle",
 	  .data		= &poweroff_powercycle,
 	  .maxlen	= sizeof(poweroff_powercycle),
@@ -668,14 +668,14 @@ static ctl_table ipmi_table[] = {
 	{ }
 };
 
-static ctl_table ipmi_dir_table[] = {
+static struct ctl_table ipmi_dir_table[] = {
 	{ .procname	= "ipmi",
 	  .mode		= 0555,
 	  .child	= ipmi_table },
 	{ }
 };
 
-static ctl_table ipmi_root_table[] = {
+static struct ctl_table ipmi_root_table[] = {
 	{ .procname	= "dev",
 	  .mode		= 0555,
 	  .child	= ipmi_dir_table },
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 35487e8ded59f106e3a7b157aa3d5bf46f9579e8..0d91fe52f3f5eee10397563361a4b1dd1579e8cf 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1381,10 +1381,10 @@ static char sysctl_bootid[16];
  * as an ASCII string in the standard UUID format.  If accesses via the
  * sysctl system call, it is returned as 16 bytes of binary data.
  */
-static int proc_do_uuid(ctl_table *table, int write,
+static int proc_do_uuid(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 			void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	ctl_table fake_table;
+	struct ctl_table fake_table;
 	unsigned char buf[64], tmp_uuid[16], *uuid;
 
 	uuid = table->data;
@@ -1409,8 +1409,8 @@ static int proc_do_uuid(ctl_table *table, int write,
 }
 
 static int sysctl_poolsize = INPUT_POOL_WORDS * 32;
-extern ctl_table random_table[];
-ctl_table random_table[] = {
+extern struct ctl_table random_table[];
+struct ctl_table random_table[] = {
 	{
 		.procname	= "poolsize",
 		.data		= &sysctl_poolsize,
diff --git a/drivers/char/rtc.c b/drivers/char/rtc.c
index 91470fdbab2a578610e4269e88a959e6694c6ef6..c0cbbd429bdc7abcf0d3055404224bff7d367196 100644
--- a/drivers/char/rtc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/rtc.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static irqreturn_t rtc_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 /*
  * sysctl-tuning infrastructure.
  */
-static ctl_table rtc_table[] = {
+static struct ctl_table rtc_table[] = {
 	{
 		.procname	= "max-user-freq",
 		.data		= &rtc_max_user_freq,
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static ctl_table rtc_table[] = {
 	{ }
 };
 
-static ctl_table rtc_root[] = {
+static struct ctl_table rtc_root[] = {
 	{
 		.procname	= "rtc",
 		.mode		= 0555,
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static ctl_table rtc_root[] = {
 	{ }
 };
 
-static ctl_table dev_root[] = {
+static struct ctl_table dev_root[] = {
 	{
 		.procname	= "dev",
 		.mode		= 0555,