diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_mech.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_mech.c
index 9022f0a6503e3..0a9a2ec2e4698 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_mech.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_mech.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static int
 context_derive_keys_rc4(struct krb5_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct crypto_hash *hmac;
-	static const char sigkeyconstant[] = "signaturekey";
+	char sigkeyconstant[] = "signaturekey";
 	int slen = strlen(sigkeyconstant) + 1;	/* include null terminator */
 	struct hash_desc desc;
 	struct scatterlist sg[1];