diff --git a/sound/drivers/aloop.c b/sound/drivers/aloop.c
index 54f348a4fb7811b5c9e4f13f4ace902d0fb845da..6e02ee03f1b6e817e056b44a3ece0e35d95d4a0b 100644
--- a/sound/drivers/aloop.c
+++ b/sound/drivers/aloop.c
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ static snd_pcm_uframes_t loopback_pointer(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	return bytes_to_frames(runtime, pos);
 }
 
-static struct snd_pcm_hardware loopback_pcm_hardware =
+static const struct snd_pcm_hardware loopback_pcm_hardware =
 {
 	.info =		(SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP |
 			 SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_PAUSE |
diff --git a/sound/drivers/dummy.c b/sound/drivers/dummy.c
index dd5ed037adf2bb3a6fbaeacff681aaa77b56c4b2..c0939a0164a6ff4c378ffe0863e5b7e265cf46c4 100644
--- a/sound/drivers/dummy.c
+++ b/sound/drivers/dummy.c
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ static snd_pcm_uframes_t dummy_pcm_pointer(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	return get_dummy_ops(substream)->pointer(substream);
 }
 
-static struct snd_pcm_hardware dummy_pcm_hardware = {
+static const struct snd_pcm_hardware dummy_pcm_hardware = {
 	.info =			(SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP |
 				 SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED |
 				 SNDRV_PCM_INFO_RESUME |
diff --git a/sound/drivers/ml403-ac97cr.c b/sound/drivers/ml403-ac97cr.c
index bdcb5721393b1b326497e7a9e4fa43c60a2c3ee5..d634e107885123c40251cc43ad83c9a90083f580 100644
--- a/sound/drivers/ml403-ac97cr.c
+++ b/sound/drivers/ml403-ac97cr.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ struct snd_ml403_ac97cr {
 	struct snd_pcm_indirect2 capture_ind2_rec;
 };
 
-static struct snd_pcm_hardware snd_ml403_ac97cr_playback = {
+static const struct snd_pcm_hardware snd_ml403_ac97cr_playback = {
 	.info =	            (SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP |
 			     SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED |
 			     SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID),
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static struct snd_pcm_hardware snd_ml403_ac97cr_playback = {
 	.fifo_size =	    0,
 };
 
-static struct snd_pcm_hardware snd_ml403_ac97cr_capture = {
+static const struct snd_pcm_hardware snd_ml403_ac97cr_capture = {
 	.info =	            (SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP |
 			     SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED |
 			     SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID),
diff --git a/sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_lib.c b/sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_lib.c
index 44b3632f6940c4713ed49f67612d21c3e52b2b43..2f5a35f38ce1b3b1c3426cecff3d714a9dae74de 100644
--- a/sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_lib.c
+++ b/sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_lib.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static snd_pcm_uframes_t snd_pcsp_playback_pointer(struct snd_pcm_substream
 	return bytes_to_frames(substream->runtime, pos);
 }
 
-static struct snd_pcm_hardware snd_pcsp_playback = {
+static const struct snd_pcm_hardware snd_pcsp_playback = {
 	.info = (SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED |
 		 SNDRV_PCM_INFO_HALF_DUPLEX |
 		 SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID),
diff --git a/sound/drivers/vx/vx_pcm.c b/sound/drivers/vx/vx_pcm.c
index d318a33b6cfbf860985163e7bfac8933a3905fd5..380a028469c44ad033ccdb6cd65a38a562e9417e 100644
--- a/sound/drivers/vx/vx_pcm.c
+++ b/sound/drivers/vx/vx_pcm.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ static int vx_stop_stream(struct vx_core *chip, struct vx_pipe *pipe)
  * playback hw information
  */
 
-static struct snd_pcm_hardware vx_pcm_playback_hw = {
+static const struct snd_pcm_hardware vx_pcm_playback_hw = {
 	.info =			(SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED |
 				 SNDRV_PCM_INFO_PAUSE | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID /*|*/
 				 /*SNDRV_PCM_INFO_RESUME*/),
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ static const struct snd_pcm_ops vx_pcm_playback_ops = {
  * playback hw information
  */
 
-static struct snd_pcm_hardware vx_pcm_capture_hw = {
+static const struct snd_pcm_hardware vx_pcm_capture_hw = {
 	.info =			(SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_INTERLEAVED |
 				 SNDRV_PCM_INFO_PAUSE | SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID /*|*/
 				 /*SNDRV_PCM_INFO_RESUME*/),