diff --git a/drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.h b/drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.h
index b306c7e4c793..88dfa2e01d6e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.h
+++ b/drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.h
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ typedef struct net_local {
         __u16            functional_address[2];
         __u16            bitwise_group_address[2];
 
-	__u8            *ptr_ucode;
+	const __u8       *ptr_ucode;
 
 	__u8		cleanup;