diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-trigger.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-trigger.c
index d0d869eb48f77b63e4cf871fdb59ee0003ebb0ad..54c4d5854ff0455d845003815067701544189d41 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-trigger.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-trigger.c
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ static void iio_trig_release(struct device *device)
 	kfree(trig);
 }
 
-static struct device_type iio_trig_type = {
+static const struct device_type iio_trig_type = {
 	.release = iio_trig_release,
 	.groups = iio_trig_dev_groups,
 };