diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 52c640da9d4eaa83d9117aa72746a8e8c867ecac..86052e88b65cac97f3db521435ac1e05265de502 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -6456,12 +6456,7 @@ static int __init ata_parse_force_one(char **cur,
 				      struct ata_force_ent *force_ent,
 				      const char **reason)
 {
-	/* FIXME: Currently, there's no way to tag init const data and
-	 * using __initdata causes build failure on some versions of
-	 * gcc.  Once __initdataconst is implemented, add const to the
-	 * following structure.
-	 */
-	static struct ata_force_param force_tbl[] __initdata = {
+	static const struct ata_force_param force_tbl[] __initconst = {
 		{ "40c",	.cbl		= ATA_CBL_PATA40 },
 		{ "80c",	.cbl		= ATA_CBL_PATA80 },
 		{ "short40c",	.cbl		= ATA_CBL_PATA40_SHORT },