diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
index a7bc925c4d60..9f769b5b38fc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
@@ -440,14 +440,14 @@ xfs_xattr_acl_set(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 	return error;
 }
 
-struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_acl_access_handler = {
+const struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_acl_access_handler = {
 	.prefix	= POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS,
 	.flags	= ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
 	.get	= xfs_xattr_acl_get,
 	.set	= xfs_xattr_acl_set,
 };
 
-struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_acl_default_handler = {
+const struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_acl_default_handler = {
 	.prefix	= POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT,
 	.flags	= ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT,
 	.get	= xfs_xattr_acl_get,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.h
index 233d4b9881b1..519618e9279e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ extern __uint64_t xfs_max_file_offset(unsigned int);
 extern void xfs_blkdev_issue_flush(struct xfs_buftarg *);
 
 extern const struct export_operations xfs_export_operations;
-extern struct xattr_handler *xfs_xattr_handlers[];
+extern const struct xattr_handler *xfs_xattr_handlers[];
 extern const struct quotactl_ops xfs_quotactl_operations;
 
 #define XFS_M(sb)		((struct xfs_mount *)((sb)->s_fs_info))
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_xattr.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_xattr.c
index fa01b9daba6b..87d3e03878c8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_xattr.c
@@ -72,28 +72,28 @@ xfs_xattr_set(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
 				(void *)value, size, xflags);
 }
 
-static struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_user_handler = {
+static const struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_user_handler = {
 	.prefix	= XATTR_USER_PREFIX,
 	.flags	= 0, /* no flags implies user namespace */
 	.get	= xfs_xattr_get,
 	.set	= xfs_xattr_set,
 };
 
-static struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_trusted_handler = {
+static const struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_trusted_handler = {
 	.prefix	= XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX,
 	.flags	= ATTR_ROOT,
 	.get	= xfs_xattr_get,
 	.set	= xfs_xattr_set,
 };
 
-static struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_security_handler = {
+static const struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_security_handler = {
 	.prefix	= XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
 	.flags	= ATTR_SECURE,
 	.get	= xfs_xattr_get,
 	.set	= xfs_xattr_set,
 };
 
-struct xattr_handler *xfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+const struct xattr_handler *xfs_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&xfs_xattr_user_handler,
 	&xfs_xattr_trusted_handler,
 	&xfs_xattr_security_handler,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h
index d13eeba2c8f8..0135e2a669d7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ extern int xfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode);
 extern int posix_acl_access_exists(struct inode *inode);
 extern int posix_acl_default_exists(struct inode *inode);
 
-extern struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_acl_access_handler;
-extern struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_acl_default_handler;
+extern const struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_acl_access_handler;
+extern const struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_acl_default_handler;
 #else
 # define xfs_check_acl					NULL
 # define xfs_get_acl(inode, type)			NULL