diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb/cxgb2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb/cxgb2.c
index 186566bfdbc8..f5f1b0b51ebd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb/cxgb2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb/cxgb2.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static void set_msglevel(struct net_device *dev, u32 val)
 	adapter->msg_enable = val;
 }
 
-static char stats_strings[][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = {
+static const char stats_strings[][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = {
 	"TxOctetsOK",
 	"TxOctetsBad",
 	"TxUnicastFramesOK",
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_main.c
index db76f7040455..b96e4bfcac41 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_main.c
@@ -1537,7 +1537,7 @@ static void set_msglevel(struct net_device *dev, u32 val)
 	adapter->msg_enable = val;
 }
 
-static char stats_strings[][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = {
+static const char stats_strings[][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = {
 	"TxOctetsOK         ",
 	"TxFramesOK         ",
 	"TxMulticastFramesOK",