diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c
index 3bbad22b37488cec5417b8e605b77ef8a4f2e399..d6b1c509ae019d1aae404ff5163506d5e819155e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static long vmw_fence_wait(struct dma_fence *f, bool intr, signed long timeout)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static struct dma_fence_ops vmw_fence_ops = {
+static const struct dma_fence_ops vmw_fence_ops = {
 	.get_driver_name = vmw_fence_get_driver_name,
 	.get_timeline_name = vmw_fence_get_timeline_name,
 	.enable_signaling = vmw_fence_enable_signaling,