diff --git a/net/batman-adv/netlink.c b/net/batman-adv/netlink.c
index 18831e72b0fba53ee3afc77d4561c27de2bb1214..64cb6acbe0a64bf8da5c5b03c1874b9e886f369f 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/netlink.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/netlink.c
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ enum batadv_netlink_multicast_groups {
 	BATADV_NL_MCGRP_TPMETER,
 };
 
-static struct genl_multicast_group batadv_netlink_mcgrps[] = {
+static const struct genl_multicast_group batadv_netlink_mcgrps[] = {
 	[BATADV_NL_MCGRP_TPMETER] = { .name = BATADV_NL_MCAST_GROUP_TPMETER },
 };
 
-static struct nla_policy batadv_netlink_policy[NUM_BATADV_ATTR] = {
+static const struct nla_policy batadv_netlink_policy[NUM_BATADV_ATTR] = {
 	[BATADV_ATTR_VERSION]		= { .type = NLA_STRING },
 	[BATADV_ATTR_ALGO_NAME]		= { .type = NLA_STRING },
 	[BATADV_ATTR_MESH_IFINDEX]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },