diff --git a/drivers/net/tokenring/3c359.h b/drivers/net/tokenring/3c359.h
index b880cba0f6fd9429f4b859f9ca1f046e23c29f54..74cf8e1a181bd12e245449e197ba5c4e5d59e671 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tokenring/3c359.h
+++ b/drivers/net/tokenring/3c359.h
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ struct xl_private {
 	u16 asb;
 
 	u8 __iomem *xl_mmio;
-	char *xl_card_name;
+	const char *xl_card_name;
 	struct pci_dev *pdev ; 
 	
 	spinlock_t xl_lock ;