1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c b/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
index f467bf87817d..426b7c73e36a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static int full_duplex[MAX_UNITS] = {-1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1};
 #define PKT_BUF_SZ              1536    /* Size of each temporary Rx buffer.*/
 
 /* These identify the driver base version and may not be removed. */
-static char version[] =
+static const char version[] __initdata =
 KERN_INFO DRV_NAME ".c:v" DRV_VERSION " (2.4 port) " DRV_RELDATE "  Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>\n"
 KERN_INFO "  http://www.scyld.com/network/drivers.html\n";