diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index bb1de2cee6aa..4e2798b1b1f5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3d3b2d25a4debaff05a9e6f5c55a0d31e4334234
+refs/heads/master: 2444844cefd2ce0ac73858cf980de07e33a5dd20
diff --git a/trunk/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/trunk/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
index 578630e8e00d..c8982452580e 100644
--- a/trunk/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
+++ b/trunk/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
@@ -1782,7 +1782,7 @@ static int sctp_process_inv_paramlength(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
 					const struct sctp_chunk *chunk,
 					struct sctp_chunk **errp)
 {
-	char		error[] = "The following parameter had invalid length:";
+	static const char error[] = "The following parameter had invalid length:";
 	size_t		payload_len = WORD_ROUND(sizeof(error)) +
 						sizeof(sctp_paramhdr_t);
 
diff --git a/trunk/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c b/trunk/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
index c0c6bee77cf5..6545b5fcbc73 100644
--- a/trunk/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
+++ b/trunk/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
@@ -4219,7 +4219,7 @@ static sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_violation_chunklen(
 				     void *arg,
 				     sctp_cmd_seq_t *commands)
 {
-	char err_str[]="The following chunk had invalid length:";
+	static const char err_str[]="The following chunk had invalid length:";
 
 	return sctp_sf_abort_violation(ep, asoc, arg, commands, err_str,
 					sizeof(err_str));
@@ -4236,7 +4236,7 @@ static sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_violation_paramlen(
 				     const sctp_subtype_t type,
 				     void *arg,
 				     sctp_cmd_seq_t *commands) {
-	char err_str[] = "The following parameter had invalid length:";
+	static const char err_str[] = "The following parameter had invalid length:";
 
 	return sctp_sf_abort_violation(ep, asoc, arg, commands, err_str,
 					sizeof(err_str));
@@ -4255,7 +4255,7 @@ static sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_violation_ctsn(
 				     void *arg,
 				     sctp_cmd_seq_t *commands)
 {
-	char err_str[]="The cumulative tsn ack beyond the max tsn currently sent:";
+	static const char err_str[]="The cumulative tsn ack beyond the max tsn currently sent:";
 
 	return sctp_sf_abort_violation(ep, asoc, arg, commands, err_str,
 					sizeof(err_str));
@@ -4274,7 +4274,7 @@ static sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_violation_chunk(
 				     void *arg,
 				     sctp_cmd_seq_t *commands)
 {
-	char err_str[]="The following chunk violates protocol:";
+	static const char err_str[]="The following chunk violates protocol:";
 
 	if (!asoc)
 		return sctp_sf_violation(ep, asoc, type, arg, commands);