diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-tegra.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-tegra.c
index 099a148c6215b913353f65508d78cfd752945883..3f620ed33192c796e74e08977dbae921a131b602 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-tegra.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-tegra.c
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ static int tegra_pcie_map_irq(const struct pci_dev *pdev, u8 slot, u8 pin)
 
 static irqreturn_t tegra_pcie_isr(int irq, void *arg)
 {
-	const char *err_msg[] = {
+	static const char * const err_msg[] = {
 		"Unknown",
 		"AXI slave error",
 		"AXI decode error",