diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
index ce8df66a3de8e6dcc884aa123797d229107228cf..75631614aba3487c48a92e759737c083a9ef20e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
@@ -2166,7 +2166,7 @@ static int rt2800_init_registers(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 					 SHARED_KEY_MODE_ENTRY(i), 0);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
-		u32 wcid[2] = { 0xffffffff, 0x00ffffff };
+		static const u32 wcid[2] = { 0xffffffff, 0x00ffffff };
 		rt2800_register_multiwrite(rt2x00dev, MAC_WCID_ENTRY(i),
 					      wcid, sizeof(wcid));