diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
index 92bc8846f1ba991abea8de574efefb340d121e95..3a1f91efcae2c909c4cb3fd75f61dff3a6e6e6a1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static const struct i40e_stats i40e_gstrings_misc_stats[] = {
  * The PF_STATs are appended to the netdev stats only when ethtool -S
  * is queried on the base PF netdev, not on the VMDq or FCoE netdev.
  */
-static struct i40e_stats i40e_gstrings_stats[] = {
+static const struct i40e_stats i40e_gstrings_stats[] = {
 	I40E_PF_STAT("rx_bytes", stats.eth.rx_bytes),
 	I40E_PF_STAT("tx_bytes", stats.eth.tx_bytes),
 	I40E_PF_STAT("rx_unicast", stats.eth.rx_unicast),