diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c
index bc37adbae2a9330469873e101abb26df9bd30671..179490d74bfd50fddafeaca1204d6fc7939ccf60 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static void record_ird_ord(struct nes_cm_node *, u16, u16);
 /* External CM API Interface */
 /* instance of function pointers for client API */
 /* set address of this instance to cm_core->cm_ops at cm_core alloc */
-static struct nes_cm_ops nes_cm_api = {
+static const struct nes_cm_ops nes_cm_api = {
 	mini_cm_accelerated,
 	mini_cm_listen,
 	mini_cm_del_listen,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.h
index 32a6420c29400184ea8f392c9e7004eb51611b67..147c2c884227d82ad3f40cec561a91abee71f80a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.h
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ struct nes_cm_core {
 
 	struct timer_list       tcp_timer;
 
-	struct nes_cm_ops       *api;
+	const struct nes_cm_ops *api;
 
 	int (*post_event)(struct nes_cm_event *event);
 	atomic_t                events_posted;