diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_internal.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_internal.h
index 3ce17da89c6e..c4961d9950f5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_internal.h
@@ -164,6 +164,6 @@ struct lmv_tgt_desc
 /* lproc_lmv.c */
 void lprocfs_lmv_init_vars(struct lprocfs_static_vars *lvars);
 
-extern struct file_operations lmv_proc_target_fops;
+extern const struct file_operations lmv_proc_target_fops;
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lproc_lmv.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lproc_lmv.c
index c29c361eb0cc..d2316c0a9651 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lproc_lmv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lproc_lmv.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static struct lprocfs_vars lprocfs_lmv_obd_vars[] = {
 	{ NULL }
 };
 
-struct file_operations lmv_proc_target_fops = {
+const struct file_operations lmv_proc_target_fops = {
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.open		 = lmv_target_seq_open,
 	.read		 = seq_read,