diff --git a/drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.c b/drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.c
index 50eb29ce3c87..a8a5b4c4bd4d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.c
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
 
 #include "smctr.h"               /* Our Stuff */
 
-static char version[] __initdata = KERN_INFO "smctr.c: v1.4 7/12/00 by jschlst@samba.org\n";
+static const char version[] __initdata =
+	KERN_INFO "smctr.c: v1.4 7/12/00 by jschlst@samba.org\n";
 static const char cardname[] = "smctr";