diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-imx-irqsteer.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-imx-irqsteer.c
index c9998b46414c..1edf7692a790 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-imx-irqsteer.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-imx-irqsteer.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static void imx_irqsteer_irq_mask(struct irq_data *d)
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&data->lock, flags);
 }
 
-static const struct irq_chip imx_irqsteer_irq_chip = {
+static struct irq_chip imx_irqsteer_irq_chip = {
 	.name		= "irqsteer",
 	.irq_mask	= imx_irqsteer_irq_mask,
 	.irq_unmask	= imx_irqsteer_irq_unmask,