diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio.c
index dc8c52487e47..55630ca2c325 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio.c
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ static int dispatch_mmio_write(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_io_device *dev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-const struct kvm_io_device_ops kvm_io_gic_ops = {
+struct kvm_io_device_ops kvm_io_gic_ops = {
 	.read = dispatch_mmio_read,
 	.write = dispatch_mmio_write,
 };
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio.h b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio.h
index 6082d4b66d39..dcea44015985 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct vgic_register_region {
 	};
 };
 
-extern const struct kvm_io_device_ops kvm_io_gic_ops;
+extern struct kvm_io_device_ops kvm_io_gic_ops;
 
 #define VGIC_ACCESS_8bit	1
 #define VGIC_ACCESS_32bit	2