diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index e8551a1636ba..9b2877fe8689 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static DEFINE_IDA(iio_ida);
 static dev_t iio_devt;
 
 #define IIO_DEV_MAX 256
-struct bus_type iio_bus_type = {
+const struct bus_type iio_bus_type = {
 	.name = "iio",
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iio_bus_type);
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/iio.h b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
index 4f89279e531c..e370a7bb3300 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/iio.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ DEFINE_GUARD_COND(iio_claim_direct, _try, ({
 int iio_device_claim_buffer_mode(struct iio_dev *indio_dev);
 void iio_device_release_buffer_mode(struct iio_dev *indio_dev);
 
-extern struct bus_type iio_bus_type;
+extern const struct bus_type iio_bus_type;
 
 /**
  * iio_device_put() - reference counted deallocation of struct device