diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_82575.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_82575.c
index 9a1a9c7b0748d694564d27947c87966b2ccc53e2..a23aa6704394b46fd3d7530f6ea8fadd48dd431b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_82575.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_82575.c
@@ -2920,7 +2920,7 @@ static struct e1000_mac_operations e1000_mac_ops_82575 = {
 #endif
 };
 
-static struct e1000_phy_operations e1000_phy_ops_82575 = {
+static const struct e1000_phy_operations e1000_phy_ops_82575 = {
 	.acquire              = igb_acquire_phy_82575,
 	.get_cfg_done         = igb_get_cfg_done_82575,
 	.release              = igb_release_phy_82575,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_hw.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_hw.h
index f0c416e21d2cfa61c1bc239638e32947d4ce94e2..2fb2213cd562e84df0bcd42f55618e76133fe922 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_hw.h
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ struct e1000_thermal_sensor_data {
 struct e1000_info {
 	s32 (*get_invariants)(struct e1000_hw *);
 	struct e1000_mac_operations *mac_ops;
-	struct e1000_phy_operations *phy_ops;
+	const struct e1000_phy_operations *phy_ops;
 	struct e1000_nvm_operations *nvm_ops;
 };