diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index 17c98c5fa45f1..d019ca6dee9bf 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -5890,7 +5890,7 @@ static const struct dev_pm_ops __maybe_unused regulator_pm_ops = {
 };
 #endif
 
-struct class regulator_class = {
+const struct class regulator_class = {
 	.name = "regulator",
 	.dev_release = regulator_dev_release,
 	.dev_groups = regulator_dev_groups,
diff --git a/drivers/regulator/internal.h b/drivers/regulator/internal.h
index fb4433068d298..77a5021410896 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/regulator/internal.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct regulator {
 	struct dentry *debugfs;
 };
 
-extern struct class regulator_class;
+extern const struct class regulator_class;
 
 static inline struct regulator_dev *dev_to_rdev(struct device *dev)
 {