diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tango/platsmp.c b/arch/arm/mach-tango/platsmp.c
index a18d5a34e2f5738e4f62bd24bf8a0b9edff7a3e8..a21f55e000d258c734535cbfc9df57744599887a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tango/platsmp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tango/platsmp.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ static int tango_boot_secondary(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct smp_operations tango_smp_ops __initdata = {
+static const struct smp_operations tango_smp_ops __initconst = {
 	.smp_boot_secondary	= tango_boot_secondary,
 };