diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c b/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
index f6af76042d80..d6b2b83de363 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ static int nilfs_ioctl_clean_segments(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
 				      unsigned int cmd, void __user *argp)
 {
 	struct nilfs_argv argv[5];
-	const static size_t argsz[5] = {
+	static const size_t argsz[5] = {
 		sizeof(struct nilfs_vdesc),
 		sizeof(struct nilfs_period),
 		sizeof(__u64),