diff --git a/drivers/net/can/mscan/mpc5xxx_can.c b/drivers/net/can/mscan/mpc5xxx_can.c
index 5caa572d71e3bbf2babd6c9e918950dd159765ce..06adf881ea24b39fef1401b40db6b5a5a88410d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/mscan/mpc5xxx_can.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/mscan/mpc5xxx_can.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static struct of_device_id mpc5xxx_can_table[];
 static int __devinit mpc5xxx_can_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 {
 	const struct of_device_id *match;
-	struct mpc5xxx_can_data *data;
+	const struct mpc5xxx_can_data *data;
 	struct device_node *np = ofdev->dev.of_node;
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct mscan_priv *priv;