diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c
index e6efd77668f0..cc0b46df7770 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ static int __devinit omap_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 	struct device_node *node = dev->of_node;
 	const struct of_device_id *match;
-	struct omap_gpio_platform_data *pdata;
+	const struct omap_gpio_platform_data *pdata;
 	struct resource *res;
 	struct gpio_bank *bank;
 	int ret = 0;