diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
index e9d7c2038c0f55c1f0cf48386a2f6eed12a2d805..7d604480557afb80a77dc7b4a106a5c9f9b6a43a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ void ocfs2_dentry_move(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *target,
 	d_move(dentry, target);
 }
 
-struct dentry_operations ocfs2_dentry_ops = {
+const struct dentry_operations ocfs2_dentry_ops = {
 	.d_revalidate		= ocfs2_dentry_revalidate,
 	.d_iput			= ocfs2_dentry_iput,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.h b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.h
index d06e16c0664061d7ea7bf4bb319242a890eef68a..faa12e75f98d117a9cf2f7f0bf519a05b83c5401 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #ifndef OCFS2_DCACHE_H
 #define OCFS2_DCACHE_H
 
-extern struct dentry_operations ocfs2_dentry_ops;
+extern const struct dentry_operations ocfs2_dentry_ops;
 
 struct ocfs2_dentry_lock {
 	/* Use count of dentry lock */