diff --git a/sound/soc/kirkwood/kirkwood-dma.c b/sound/soc/kirkwood/kirkwood-dma.c
index cf23af159acf46cd54daaf78af50cf2f6ab326f9..505b0ff03c3b30dc68306f12bf885da331dd9e68 100644
--- a/sound/soc/kirkwood/kirkwood-dma.c
+++ b/sound/soc/kirkwood/kirkwood-dma.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static void kirkwood_dma_free_dma_buffers(struct snd_pcm *pcm)
 	}
 }
 
-struct snd_soc_platform_driver kirkwood_soc_platform = {
+const struct snd_soc_platform_driver kirkwood_soc_platform = {
 	.ops		= &kirkwood_dma_ops,
 	.pcm_new	= kirkwood_dma_new,
 	.pcm_free	= kirkwood_dma_free_dma_buffers,
diff --git a/sound/soc/kirkwood/kirkwood.h b/sound/soc/kirkwood/kirkwood.h
index 90e32a78142466793e6d695d80796d5736767865..783cb1a4f30e3662a6e237a2b09db39e680c1f86 100644
--- a/sound/soc/kirkwood/kirkwood.h
+++ b/sound/soc/kirkwood/kirkwood.h
@@ -143,6 +143,6 @@ struct kirkwood_dma_data {
 	int burst;
 };
 
-extern struct snd_soc_platform_driver kirkwood_soc_platform;
+extern const struct snd_soc_platform_driver kirkwood_soc_platform;
 
 #endif