diff --git a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_extern.h b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_extern.h
index 1cf1fe8..91ccee8 100644
--- a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_extern.h
+++ b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_extern.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 extern void			vxfs_clear_inode(struct inode *);
 
 /* vxfs_lookup.c */
-extern struct inode_operations	vxfs_dir_inode_ops;
+extern const struct inode_operations	vxfs_dir_inode_ops;
 extern const struct file_operations	vxfs_dir_operations;
 
 /* vxfs_olt.c */