diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index e7cc00e636dc..8c4cf273c672 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -723,11 +723,11 @@ out:
 			(handler) = *(handlers)++)
 
 /* This is the implementation for the xattr plugin infrastructure */
-static inline struct xattr_handler *
-find_xattr_handler_prefix(struct xattr_handler **handlers,
+static inline const struct xattr_handler *
+find_xattr_handler_prefix(const struct xattr_handler **handlers,
 			   const char *name)
 {
-	struct xattr_handler *xah;
+	const struct xattr_handler *xah;
 
 	if (!handlers)
 		return NULL;
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ ssize_t
 reiserfs_getxattr(struct dentry * dentry, const char *name, void *buffer,
 		  size_t size)
 {
-	struct xattr_handler *handler;
+	const struct xattr_handler *handler;
 
 	handler = find_xattr_handler_prefix(dentry->d_sb->s_xattr, name);
 
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ int
 reiserfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
 		  size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	struct xattr_handler *handler;
+	const struct xattr_handler *handler;
 
 	handler = find_xattr_handler_prefix(dentry->d_sb->s_xattr, name);
 
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ reiserfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
  */
 int reiserfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
-	struct xattr_handler *handler;
+	const struct xattr_handler *handler;
 	handler = find_xattr_handler_prefix(dentry->d_sb->s_xattr, name);
 
 	if (!handler || get_inode_sd_version(dentry->d_inode) == STAT_DATA_V1)
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ static int listxattr_filler(void *buf, const char *name, int namelen,
 	size_t size;
 	if (name[0] != '.' ||
 	    (namelen != 1 && (name[1] != '.' || namelen != 2))) {
-		struct xattr_handler *handler;
+		const struct xattr_handler *handler;
 		handler = find_xattr_handler_prefix(b->dentry->d_sb->s_xattr,
 						    name);
 		if (!handler)	/* Unsupported xattr name */
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ static int create_privroot(struct dentry *dentry) { return 0; }
 #endif
 
 /* Actual operations that are exported to VFS-land */
-struct xattr_handler *reiserfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler *reiserfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
 	&reiserfs_xattr_user_handler,
 	&reiserfs_xattr_trusted_handler,
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
index 9cdb759645a9..536d697a8a28 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ static size_t posix_acl_access_list(struct dentry *dentry, char *list,
 	return size;
 }
 
-struct xattr_handler reiserfs_posix_acl_access_handler = {
+const struct xattr_handler reiserfs_posix_acl_access_handler = {
 	.prefix = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS,
 	.flags = ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
 	.get = posix_acl_get,
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ static size_t posix_acl_default_list(struct dentry *dentry, char *list,
 	return size;
 }
 
-struct xattr_handler reiserfs_posix_acl_default_handler = {
+const struct xattr_handler reiserfs_posix_acl_default_handler = {
 	.prefix = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT,
 	.flags = ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT,
 	.get = posix_acl_get,
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
index 7271a477c041..237c6928d3c6 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ void reiserfs_security_free(struct reiserfs_security_handle *sec)
 	sec->value = NULL;
 }
 
-struct xattr_handler reiserfs_xattr_security_handler = {
+const struct xattr_handler reiserfs_xattr_security_handler = {
 	.prefix = XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
 	.get = security_get,
 	.set = security_set,
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_trusted.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_trusted.c
index 5b08aaca3daf..9883736ce3ec 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_trusted.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_trusted.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static size_t trusted_list(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t list_size,
 	return len;
 }
 
-struct xattr_handler reiserfs_xattr_trusted_handler = {
+const struct xattr_handler reiserfs_xattr_trusted_handler = {
 	.prefix = XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX,
 	.get = trusted_get,
 	.set = trusted_set,
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_user.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_user.c
index 75d59c49b911..45ae1a00013a 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_user.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_user.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static size_t user_list(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t list_size,
 	return len;
 }
 
-struct xattr_handler reiserfs_xattr_user_handler = {
+const struct xattr_handler reiserfs_xattr_user_handler = {
 	.prefix = XATTR_USER_PREFIX,
 	.get = user_get,
 	.set = user_set,
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_acl.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_acl.h
index b4448853900e..3fd8c4506bbb 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_acl.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_acl.h
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ int reiserfs_inherit_default_acl(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
 				 struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 				 struct inode *inode);
 int reiserfs_cache_default_acl(struct inode *dir);
-extern struct xattr_handler reiserfs_posix_acl_default_handler;
-extern struct xattr_handler reiserfs_posix_acl_access_handler;
+extern const struct xattr_handler reiserfs_posix_acl_default_handler;
+extern const struct xattr_handler reiserfs_posix_acl_access_handler;
 
 #else
 
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
index 7fa02b4af838..b2cf2089769b 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ int reiserfs_xattr_set_handle(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *,
 			      struct inode *, const char *, const void *,
 			      size_t, int);
 
-extern struct xattr_handler reiserfs_xattr_user_handler;
-extern struct xattr_handler reiserfs_xattr_trusted_handler;
-extern struct xattr_handler reiserfs_xattr_security_handler;
+extern const struct xattr_handler reiserfs_xattr_user_handler;
+extern const struct xattr_handler reiserfs_xattr_trusted_handler;
+extern const struct xattr_handler reiserfs_xattr_security_handler;
 #ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_SECURITY
 int reiserfs_security_init(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode,
 			   struct reiserfs_security_handle *sec);