diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
index d7f0e231feb9..5dde597403b3 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
@@ -1799,7 +1799,7 @@ done:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(coresight_alloc_device_name);
 
-struct bus_type coresight_bustype = {
+const struct bus_type coresight_bustype = {
 	.name	= "coresight",
 };
 
diff --git a/include/linux/coresight.h b/include/linux/coresight.h
index a4cb7dd6ca23..e8b6e388218c 100644
--- a/include/linux/coresight.h
+++ b/include/linux/coresight.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 #define CORESIGHT_UNLOCK	0xc5acce55
 
-extern struct bus_type coresight_bustype;
+extern const struct bus_type coresight_bustype;
 
 enum coresight_dev_type {
 	CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SINK,