diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/lproc_ptlrpc.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/lproc_ptlrpc.c
index 0e2071b8a36e..bc0e8e4fc651 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/lproc_ptlrpc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/lproc_ptlrpc.c
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ void ptlrpc_lprocfs_register_service(struct proc_dir_entry *entry,
 		 .data	     = svc},
 		{NULL}
 	};
-	static struct file_operations req_history_fops = {
+	static const struct file_operations req_history_fops = {
 		.owner       = THIS_MODULE,
 		.open	= ptlrpc_lprocfs_svc_req_history_open,
 		.read	= seq_read,