diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
index 1fd510c581bc3cff7c230f02ca11e59cae88e14e..1f31a04d3c919f6311c18c6e95fea4b647cae868 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct ixgbe_stats {
 				sizeof(((struct rtnl_link_stats64 *)0)->m), \
 				offsetof(struct rtnl_link_stats64, m)
 
-static struct ixgbe_stats ixgbe_gstrings_stats[] = {
+static const struct ixgbe_stats ixgbe_gstrings_stats[] = {
 	{"rx_packets", IXGBE_NETDEV_STAT(rx_packets)},
 	{"tx_packets", IXGBE_NETDEV_STAT(tx_packets)},
 	{"rx_bytes", IXGBE_NETDEV_STAT(rx_bytes)},