diff --git a/fs/hpfs/namei.c b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
index 2507e73..9953cf9 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-struct inode_operations hpfs_dir_iops =
+const struct inode_operations hpfs_dir_iops =
 {
 	.create		= hpfs_create,
 	.lookup		= hpfs_lookup,