diff --git a/hw/net/virtio-net.c b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
index 66b9ff4511..6b7e8dd04e 100644
--- a/hw/net/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
                                          VIRTIO_NET_RSS_HASH_TYPE_TCP_EX | \
                                          VIRTIO_NET_RSS_HASH_TYPE_UDP_EX)
 
-static VirtIOFeature feature_sizes[] = {
+static const VirtIOFeature feature_sizes[] = {
     {.flags = 1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC,
      .end = endof(struct virtio_net_config, mac)},
     {.flags = 1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS,