diff --git a/drivers/net/typhoon.c b/drivers/net/typhoon.c
index f50cb520dffb..333961bb7873 100644
--- a/drivers/net/typhoon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/typhoon.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static const int multicast_filter_limit = 32;
 #include "typhoon.h"
 #include "typhoon-firmware.h"
 
-static const char version[] __devinitdata =
+static char version[] __devinitdata =
     "typhoon.c: version " DRV_MODULE_VERSION " (" DRV_MODULE_RELDATE ")\n";
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("David Dillow <dave@thedillows.org>");
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ enum typhoon_cards {
 };
 
 /* directly indexed by enum typhoon_cards, above */
-static const struct typhoon_card_info typhoon_card_info[] __devinitdata = {
+static struct typhoon_card_info typhoon_card_info[] __devinitdata = {
 	{ "3Com Typhoon (3C990-TX)",
 		TYPHOON_CRYPTO_NONE},
 	{ "3Com Typhoon (3CR990-TX-95)",