diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.c b/fs/ext3/acl.c
index 82ba341..01552ab 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_acl_access_handler = {
+const struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_acl_access_handler = {
 	.prefix	= POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS,
 	.flags	= ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
 	.list	= ext3_xattr_list_acl_access,
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
 	.set	= ext3_xattr_set_acl,
 };
 
-struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_acl_default_handler = {
+const struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_acl_default_handler = {
 	.prefix	= POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT,
 	.flags	= ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT,
 	.list	= ext3_xattr_list_acl_default,
diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr.c b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
index 534a94c..71fb8d6 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
 static struct mb_cache *ext3_xattr_cache;
 
-static struct xattr_handler *ext3_xattr_handler_map[] = {
+static const struct xattr_handler *ext3_xattr_handler_map[] = {
 	[EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_USER]		     = &ext3_xattr_user_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL
 	[EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS]  = &ext3_xattr_acl_access_handler,
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 #endif
 };
 
-struct xattr_handler *ext3_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler *ext3_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&ext3_xattr_user_handler,
 	&ext3_xattr_trusted_handler,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL
@@ -129,10 +129,10 @@
 	NULL
 };
 
-static inline struct xattr_handler *
+static inline const struct xattr_handler *
 ext3_xattr_handler(int name_index)
 {
-	struct xattr_handler *handler = NULL;
+	const struct xattr_handler *handler = NULL;
 
 	if (name_index > 0 && name_index < ARRAY_SIZE(ext3_xattr_handler_map))
 		handler = ext3_xattr_handler_map[name_index];
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
 	size_t rest = buffer_size;
 
 	for (; !IS_LAST_ENTRY(entry); entry = EXT3_XATTR_NEXT(entry)) {
-		struct xattr_handler *handler =
+		const struct xattr_handler *handler =
 			ext3_xattr_handler(entry->e_name_index);
 
 		if (handler) {
diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr.h b/fs/ext3/xattr.h
index 148a4df..377fe72 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr.h
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@
 
 # ifdef CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR
 
-extern struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_user_handler;
-extern struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_trusted_handler;
-extern struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_acl_access_handler;
-extern struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_acl_default_handler;
-extern struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_security_handler;
+extern const struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_user_handler;
+extern const struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_trusted_handler;
+extern const struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_acl_access_handler;
+extern const struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_acl_default_handler;
+extern const struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_security_handler;
 
 extern ssize_t ext3_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 extern int init_ext3_xattr(void);
 extern void exit_ext3_xattr(void);
 
-extern struct xattr_handler *ext3_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler *ext3_xattr_handlers[];
 
 # else  /* CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR */
 
diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr_security.c b/fs/ext3/xattr_security.c
index 3af91f4..03a99bf 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr_security.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr_security.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_security_handler = {
+const struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_security_handler = {
 	.prefix	= XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
 	.list	= ext3_xattr_security_list,
 	.get	= ext3_xattr_security_get,
diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr_trusted.c b/fs/ext3/xattr_trusted.c
index e556284..dc8edda 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr_trusted.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr_trusted.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 			      value, size, flags);
 }
 
-struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_trusted_handler = {
+const struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_trusted_handler = {
 	.prefix	= XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX,
 	.list	= ext3_xattr_trusted_list,
 	.get	= ext3_xattr_trusted_get,
diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr_user.c b/fs/ext3/xattr_user.c
index 3bcfe9e..7a32197 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr_user.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr_user.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 			      name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
-struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_user_handler = {
+const struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_user_handler = {
 	.prefix	= XATTR_USER_PREFIX,
 	.list	= ext3_xattr_user_list,
 	.get	= ext3_xattr_user_get,