diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_diag.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_diag.c
index f141e78d409e5b1a7eeb8e7a304ec9864d2d0386..76ed56641864426e1cd108ff6812c25c733ee36f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_diag.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_diag.c
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
 static i40e_status i40e_diag_reg_pattern_test(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 							u32 reg, u32 mask)
 {
-	const u32 patterns[] = {0x5A5A5A5A, 0xA5A5A5A5, 0x00000000, 0xFFFFFFFF};
+	static const u32 patterns[] = {
+		0x5A5A5A5A, 0xA5A5A5A5, 0x00000000, 0xFFFFFFFF
+	};
 	u32 pat, val, orig_val;
 	int i;