diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index 2b1d28a9ee28..77e190dc2883 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ extern int cifs_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 extern int cifs_readdir(struct file *file, void *direntry, filldir_t filldir);
 
 /* Functions related to dir entries */
-extern struct dentry_operations cifs_dentry_ops;
-extern struct dentry_operations cifs_ci_dentry_ops;
+extern const struct dentry_operations cifs_dentry_ops;
+extern const struct dentry_operations cifs_ci_dentry_ops;
 
 /* Functions related to symlinks */
 extern void *cifs_follow_link(struct dentry *direntry, struct nameidata *nd);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 89fb72832652..43cc0fd2f8a7 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ cifs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *direntry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	return rc;
 }     */
 
-struct dentry_operations cifs_dentry_ops = {
+const struct dentry_operations cifs_dentry_ops = {
 	.d_revalidate = cifs_d_revalidate,
 /* d_delete:       cifs_d_delete,      */ /* not needed except for debugging */
 };
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ static int cifs_ci_compare(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *a,
 	return 1;
 }
 
-struct dentry_operations cifs_ci_dentry_ops = {
+const struct dentry_operations cifs_ci_dentry_ops = {
 	.d_revalidate = cifs_d_revalidate,
 	.d_hash = cifs_ci_hash,
 	.d_compare = cifs_ci_compare,