diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/agere/et131x.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/agere/et131x.c
index c83ebae73d91..906683851c7d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/agere/et131x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/agere/et131x.c
@@ -2961,7 +2961,7 @@ static void et131x_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
 		sizeof(info->bus_info));
 }
 
-static struct ethtool_ops et131x_ethtool_ops = {
+static const struct ethtool_ops et131x_ethtool_ops = {
 	.get_drvinfo	= et131x_get_drvinfo,
 	.get_regs_len	= et131x_get_regs_len,
 	.get_regs	= et131x_get_regs,