diff --git a/net/ipx/af_ipx.c b/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
index 30bd322b7985..1627050e29fd 100644
--- a/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
+++ b/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
@@ -1975,15 +1975,15 @@ static struct notifier_block ipx_dev_notifier = {
 extern struct datalink_proto *make_EII_client(void);
 extern void destroy_EII_client(struct datalink_proto *);
 
-static unsigned char ipx_8022_type = 0xE0;
-static unsigned char ipx_snap_id[5] = { 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x81, 0x37 };
-static char ipx_EII_err_msg[] __initdata =
+static const unsigned char ipx_8022_type = 0xE0;
+static const unsigned char ipx_snap_id[5] = { 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x81, 0x37 };
+static const char ipx_EII_err_msg[] __initconst =
 	KERN_CRIT "IPX: Unable to register with Ethernet II\n";
-static char ipx_8023_err_msg[] __initdata =
+static const char ipx_8023_err_msg[] __initconst =
 	KERN_CRIT "IPX: Unable to register with 802.3\n";
-static char ipx_llc_err_msg[] __initdata =
+static const char ipx_llc_err_msg[] __initconst =
 	KERN_CRIT "IPX: Unable to register with 802.2\n";
-static char ipx_snap_err_msg[] __initdata =
+static const char ipx_snap_err_msg[] __initconst =
 	KERN_CRIT "IPX: Unable to register with SNAP\n";
 
 static int __init ipx_init(void)