diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index a4c853411a6b..3826fcc82d0b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ void device_link_wait_removal(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_link_wait_removal);
 
-static struct class devlink_class = {
+static const struct class devlink_class = {
 	.name = "devlink",
 	.dev_groups = devlink_groups,
 	.dev_release = devlink_dev_release,