diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2.c b/drivers/net/bnx2.c
index 8b552c6..471c7f3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnx2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnx2.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 /* Time in jiffies before concluding the transmitter is hung. */
 #define TX_TIMEOUT  (5*HZ)
 
-static const char version[] __devinitdata =
+static char version[] __devinitdata =
 	"Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet Driver " DRV_MODULE_NAME " v" DRV_MODULE_VERSION " (" DRV_MODULE_RELDATE ")\n";
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>");
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 } board_t;
 
 /* indexed by board_t, above */
-static const struct {
+static struct {
 	char *name;
 } board_info[] __devinitdata = {
 	{ "Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5706 1000Base-T" },