diff --git a/fs/hpfs/dir.c b/fs/hpfs/dir.c
index 5591f96..ecc9180 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/dir.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 }
 
-struct file_operations hpfs_dir_ops =
+const struct file_operations hpfs_dir_ops =
 {
 	.llseek		= hpfs_dir_lseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,