diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
index 750949dfc1d7..e48f0b2c01b9 100644
--- a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
+++ b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ static int tipc_nl_compat_recv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static struct genl_ops tipc_genl_compat_ops[] = {
+static const struct genl_ops tipc_genl_compat_ops[] = {
 	{
 		.cmd		= TIPC_GENL_CMD,
 		.doit		= tipc_nl_compat_recv,