diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index e7bdd549e527..fe5aa3736707 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ extern void cleanup_module(void);
 #ifdef MODULE
 /* Creates an alias so file2alias.c can find device table. */
 #define MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(type, name)					\
-extern const typeof(name) __mod_##type##__##name##_device_table		\
+extern typeof(name) __mod_##type##__##name##_device_table		\
   __attribute__ ((unused, alias(__stringify(name))))
 #else  /* !MODULE */
 #define MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(type, name)