diff --git a/drivers/staging/ipack/devices/ipoctal.c b/drivers/staging/ipack/devices/ipoctal.c
index ed088649965d0bcdecf69f5bc00affffbd8b41bf..7e1e6f70560da98147f5f3bf782639089490ccfd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ipack/devices/ipoctal.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ipack/devices/ipoctal.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #define IP_OCTAL_ID_SPACE_VECTOR    0x41
 #define IP_OCTAL_NB_BLOCKS          4
 
-static struct ipack_driver driver;
 static const struct tty_operations ipoctal_fops;
 
 struct ipoctal {
@@ -846,15 +845,18 @@ static void ipoctal_remove(struct ipack_device *device)
 	}
 }
 
-static struct ipack_driver_ops ipoctal_drv_ops = {
+static const struct ipack_driver_ops ipoctal_drv_ops = {
 	.match = ipoctal_match,
 	.probe = ipoctal_probe,
 	.remove = ipoctal_remove,
 };
 
+static struct ipack_driver driver = {
+	.ops      = &ipoctal_drv_ops,
+};
+
 static int __init ipoctal_init(void)
 {
-	driver.ops = &ipoctal_drv_ops;
 	return ipack_driver_register(&driver, THIS_MODULE, KBUILD_MODNAME);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/ipack/ipack.h b/drivers/staging/ipack/ipack.h
index a3cd559825279cbd99f56354e9d304ed293bd3de..e6e38e7dd9f1b4e7233e703a3b6a4a9e8f504ba2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ipack/ipack.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/ipack/ipack.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ struct ipack_driver_ops {
 struct ipack_driver {
 	struct device_driver driver;
 	const struct ipack_device_id *id_table;
-	struct ipack_driver_ops *ops;
+	const struct ipack_driver_ops *ops;
 };
 
 /**