diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_export.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_export.c
index 7178d61..15bd494 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_export.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_export.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 	return parent;
 }
 
-struct export_operations xfs_export_operations = {
+const struct export_operations xfs_export_operations = {
 	.encode_fh		= xfs_fs_encode_fh,
 	.fh_to_dentry		= xfs_fs_fh_to_dentry,
 	.fh_to_parent		= xfs_fs_fh_to_parent,