diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 85a0bea2dbf12..6d8fd3b8dcb52 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ static const struct sysfs_ops sysfs_ops = {
 	.store	= store,
 };
 
-static struct kobj_type ktype_cpufreq = {
+static const struct kobj_type ktype_cpufreq = {
 	.sysfs_ops	= &sysfs_ops,
 	.default_groups	= cpufreq_groups,
 	.release	= cpufreq_sysfs_release,