diff --git a/backends/dbus-vmstate.c b/backends/dbus-vmstate.c
index a9d8cb0acd..be6c4d8e0a 100644
--- a/backends/dbus-vmstate.c
+++ b/backends/dbus-vmstate.c
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription dbus_vmstate = {
     .version_id = 0,
     .pre_save = dbus_vmstate_pre_save,
     .post_load = dbus_vmstate_post_load,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_UINT32(data_size, DBusVMState),
         VMSTATE_VBUFFER_ALLOC_UINT32(data, DBusVMState, 0, 0, data_size),
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
diff --git a/backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c b/backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c
index f7f1b4ad7a..ebdd2e0a69 100644
--- a/backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c
+++ b/backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_tpm_emulator = {
     .version_id = 0,
     .pre_save = tpm_emulator_pre_save,
     .post_load = tpm_emulator_post_load,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_UINT32(state_blobs.permanent_flags, TPMEmulator),
         VMSTATE_UINT32(state_blobs.permanent.size, TPMEmulator),
         VMSTATE_VBUFFER_ALLOC_UINT32(state_blobs.permanent.buffer,