diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
index 1432dd74fe95..b0a12c4a24b8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ static int lprocfs_stats_seq_show(struct seq_file *p, void *v)
 	return (rc < 0) ? rc : 0;
 }
 
-struct seq_operations lprocfs_stats_seq_sops = {
+static const struct seq_operations lprocfs_stats_seq_sops = {
 	.start	= lprocfs_stats_seq_start,
 	.stop	= lprocfs_stats_seq_stop,
 	.next	= lprocfs_stats_seq_next,