diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c b/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c
index f0faaeaec57f1..150cf4f4cf749 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ SHOW(__bch_cached_dev)
 {
 	struct cached_dev *dc = container_of(kobj, struct cached_dev,
 					     disk.kobj);
-	const char *states[] = { "no cache", "clean", "dirty", "inconsistent" };
+	char const *states[] = { "no cache", "clean", "dirty", "inconsistent" };
 	int wb = dc->writeback_running;
 
 #define var(stat)		(dc->stat)