diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h b/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h
index 41daebd220ff..8ca3d7606bb4 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsfs.h
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ extern int cifs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *inode,
 			struct dentry *direntry, const char *symname);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_XATTR
-extern const struct xattr_handler *cifs_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler * const cifs_xattr_handlers[];
 extern ssize_t	cifs_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
 #else
 # define cifs_xattr_handlers NULL
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/xattr.c b/fs/smb/client/xattr.c
index 4ad5531686d8..ac199160bce6 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/xattr.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler smb3_ntsd_full_xattr_handler = {
 	.set = cifs_xattr_set,
 };
 
-const struct xattr_handler *cifs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler * const cifs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&cifs_user_xattr_handler,
 	&cifs_os2_xattr_handler,
 	&cifs_cifs_acl_xattr_handler,