diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c
index a3eb75a62ea941ba46dd79bdedaf32e37d9cec1f..587a218b2345ed06eb938f5d01ed832c48dd7459 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ vmxnet3_set_rss_indir(struct net_device *netdev, const u32 *p)
 }
 #endif
 
-static struct ethtool_ops vmxnet3_ethtool_ops = {
+static const struct ethtool_ops vmxnet3_ethtool_ops = {
 	.get_settings      = vmxnet3_get_settings,
 	.get_drvinfo       = vmxnet3_get_drvinfo,
 	.get_regs_len      = vmxnet3_get_regs_len,