diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2.c b/drivers/net/bnx2.c
index 2671da20a49673d3d44c2774ae930dc0927db09e..5ca99e26660af7f9b32f873e06bd3efd9ea4a313 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnx2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnx2.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 /* Time in jiffies before concluding the transmitter is hung. */
 #define TX_TIMEOUT  (5*HZ)
 
-static char version[] __devinitdata =
+static const char version[] __devinitdata =
 	"Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet Driver " DRV_MODULE_NAME " v" DRV_MODULE_VERSION " (" DRV_MODULE_RELDATE ")\n";
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>");
diff --git a/drivers/net/natsemi.c b/drivers/net/natsemi.c
index 7826afbb9db91e009d1cd8d259f8d50024fe80f8..90627756d6fa47bbe93ce363af1d6ced2307fba4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/natsemi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/natsemi.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static int full_duplex[MAX_UNITS];
 #define NATSEMI_RX_LIMIT	2046	/* maximum supported by hardware */
 
 /* These identify the driver base version and may not be removed. */
-static char version[] __devinitdata =
+static const char version[] __devinitdata =
   KERN_INFO DRV_NAME " dp8381x driver, version "
       DRV_VERSION ", " DRV_RELDATE "\n"
   KERN_INFO "  originally by Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>\n"
diff --git a/drivers/net/starfire.c b/drivers/net/starfire.c
index 45ad036733e2135986b05a985b687b60e8e4cca6..9b7805be21dab116f0dd205efbc7022f6a5feb25 100644
--- a/drivers/net/starfire.c
+++ b/drivers/net/starfire.c
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ do { \
 
 
 /* These identify the driver base version and may not be removed. */
-static char version[] __devinitdata =
+static const char version[] __devinitdata =
 KERN_INFO "starfire.c:v1.03 7/26/2000  Written by Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>\n"
 KERN_INFO " (unofficial 2.2/2.4 kernel port, version " DRV_VERSION ", " DRV_RELDATE ")\n";
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/typhoon.c b/drivers/net/typhoon.c
index c1ce87a5f8d3aacc01373cf122f0cec850a67570..d9258d42090c30e93fa56a3e1cab1be0d739d375 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 char version[] __devinitdata =
+static const char version[] __devinitdata =
     "typhoon.c: version " DRV_MODULE_VERSION " (" DRV_MODULE_RELDATE ")\n";
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("David Dillow <dave@thedillows.org>");