diff --git a/drivers/net/geneve.c b/drivers/net/geneve.c
index 256602a72356..6f3f9b446b1d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/geneve.c
+++ b/drivers/net/geneve.c
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops geneve_ethtool_ops = {
 };
 
 /* Info for udev, that this is a virtual tunnel endpoint */
-static struct device_type geneve_type = {
+static const struct device_type geneve_type = {
 	.name = "geneve",
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c
index aedab1d9623a..0c5aff63d242 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static void nsim_bus_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 		complete(&nsim_bus_devs_released);
 }
 
-static struct device_type nsim_bus_dev_type = {
+static const struct device_type nsim_bus_dev_type = {
 	.groups = nsim_bus_dev_attr_groups,
 	.release = nsim_bus_dev_release,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index 3dd52bf28f15..db1d11ae817b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops ppp_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_fill_forward_path = ppp_fill_forward_path,
 };
 
-static struct device_type ppp_type = {
+static const struct device_type ppp_type = {
 	.name = "ppp",
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/hso.c b/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
index f088ea2ba6f3..1aeb36119d3f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
@@ -2465,7 +2465,7 @@ static void hso_create_rfkill(struct hso_device *hso_dev,
 	}
 }
 
-static struct device_type hso_type = {
+static const struct device_type hso_type = {
 	.name	= "wwan",
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 2d14b0d78541..b21ebe24057f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -1654,11 +1654,11 @@ static const struct net_device_ops usbnet_netdev_ops = {
 
 // precondition: never called in_interrupt
 
-static struct device_type wlan_type = {
+static const struct device_type wlan_type = {
 	.name	= "wlan",
 };
 
-static struct device_type wwan_type = {
+static const struct device_type wwan_type = {
 	.name	= "wwan",
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index 705a6fd6ab6c..386cbe4d3327 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -3254,7 +3254,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops vxlan_netdev_raw_ops = {
 };
 
 /* Info for udev, that this is a virtual tunnel endpoint */
-static struct device_type vxlan_type = {
+static const struct device_type vxlan_type = {
 	.name = "vxlan",
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_core.c b/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_core.c
index 2ed20b20e7fc..b0030f3ed0f0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wwan/wwan_core.c
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ static int wwan_rtnl_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct device_type wwan_type = { .name = "wwan" };
+static const struct device_type wwan_type = { .name = "wwan" };
 
 static struct net_device *wwan_rtnl_alloc(struct nlattr *tb[],
 					  const char *ifname,
diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c b/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
index 790b54a7cbe3..df5552518251 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ static const struct header_ops vlan_passthru_header_ops = {
 	.parse_protocol = vlan_parse_protocol,
 };
 
-static struct device_type vlan_type = {
+static const struct device_type vlan_type = {
 	.name	= "vlan",
 };
 
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_device.c b/net/bridge/br_device.c
index 717e9750614c..874cec75a818 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_device.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_device.c
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops br_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_fill_forward_path	 = br_fill_forward_path,
 };
 
-static struct device_type br_type = {
+static const struct device_type br_type = {
 	.name	= "bridge",
 };
 
diff --git a/net/dsa/user.c b/net/dsa/user.c
index 5d666dfb317d..4d53c76a9840 100644
--- a/net/dsa/user.c
+++ b/net/dsa/user.c
@@ -2429,7 +2429,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops dsa_user_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_fill_forward_path	= dsa_user_fill_forward_path,
 };
 
-static struct device_type dsa_type = {
+static const struct device_type dsa_type = {
 	.name	= "dsa",
 };
 
diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_device.c b/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
index 5ef6d437db72..c98b5b71ad7c 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops hsr_device_ops = {
 	.ndo_set_rx_mode = hsr_set_rx_mode,
 };
 
-static struct device_type hsr_type = {
+static const struct device_type hsr_type = {
 	.name = "hsr",
 };
 
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
index 25ca89f80414..39e487ccc468 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops l2tp_eth_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_set_mac_address	= eth_mac_addr,
 };
 
-static struct device_type l2tpeth_type = {
+static const struct device_type l2tpeth_type = {
 	.name = "l2tpeth",
 };