diff --git a/drivers/net/znet.c b/drivers/net/znet.c
index 87744e0270dff6e3254865f89028ac025ea12764..d529122aa9e5005aa9505c3797b5e19eb5c6d696 100644
--- a/drivers/net/znet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/znet.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 /* This include could be elsewhere, since it is not wireless specific */
 #include "wireless/i82593.h"
 
-static const char version[] __initdata = "znet.c:v1.02 9/23/94 becker@scyld.com\n";
+static char version[] __initdata = "znet.c:v1.02 9/23/94 becker@scyld.com\n";
 
 #ifndef ZNET_DEBUG
 #define ZNET_DEBUG 1