diff --git a/drivers/net/tokenring/olympic.h b/drivers/net/tokenring/olympic.h
index c91956310fb2..10fbba08978f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tokenring/olympic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/tokenring/olympic.h
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ struct olympic_private {
 	u8 __iomem *olympic_mmio;
 	u8 __iomem *olympic_lap;
 	struct pci_dev *pdev ; 
-	char *olympic_card_name ; 
+	const char *olympic_card_name;
 
 	spinlock_t olympic_lock ;