diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci.h b/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci.h
index 3a1bacb4e228..71a586e00fd7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ struct vhci_hcd {
 };
 
 extern struct vhci_hcd *the_controller;
-extern struct attribute_group dev_attr_group;
+extern const struct attribute_group dev_attr_group;
 #define hardware (&the_controller->pdev.dev)
 
 /* vhci_hcd.c */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_sysfs.c b/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_sysfs.c
index ecd52b6c731d..0cd039bb5fd6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_sysfs.c
@@ -239,6 +239,6 @@ static struct attribute *dev_attrs[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
-struct attribute_group dev_attr_group = {
+const struct attribute_group dev_attr_group = {
 	.attrs = dev_attrs,
 };