diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index fe216bd10f4382da5d6edc99218a181c65cd13da..156cdf6d91816c1e8a6f9c2c0bb9cd8d010a9ad9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -940,6 +940,7 @@ static long mce_ioctl(struct file *f, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	}
 }
 
+/* Modified in mce-inject.c, so not static or const */
 struct file_operations mce_chrdev_ops = {
 	.open			= mce_open,
 	.release		= mce_release,