diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/tulip.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/tulip.h
index 38431a155f093582c1fd7830d3d9f1944eb40645..06660dbc44b7e7a383bd8f07cc3717d89ed6e3c7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/tulip.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/tulip.h
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ void comet_timer(unsigned long data);
 extern int tulip_debug;
 extern const char * const medianame[];
 extern const char tulip_media_cap[];
-extern struct tulip_chip_table tulip_tbl[];
+extern const struct tulip_chip_table tulip_tbl[];
 void oom_timer(unsigned long data);
 extern u8 t21040_csr13[];
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/tulip_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/tulip_core.c
index 84394b43c0a1f8c742fa52a0872da27535abd6a6..851b6d1f5a42ab893fa16b53b1b5e7f844ec2a71 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/tulip_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/tulip_core.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static void tulip_timer(unsigned long data)
  * It is indexed via the values in 'enum chips'
  */
 
-struct tulip_chip_table tulip_tbl[] = {
+const struct tulip_chip_table tulip_tbl[] = {
   { }, /* placeholder for array, slot unused currently */
   { }, /* placeholder for array, slot unused currently */