diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index d166e33..24b36f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usbnet_set_msglevel);
 
 /* drivers may override default ethtool_ops in their bind() routine */
-static struct ethtool_ops usbnet_ethtool_ops = {
+static const struct ethtool_ops usbnet_ethtool_ops = {
 	.get_settings		= usbnet_get_settings,
 	.set_settings		= usbnet_set_settings,
 	.get_link		= usbnet_get_link,