diff --git a/drivers/amba/bus.c b/drivers/amba/bus.c
index 34bc880ca20b..0230c43377c1 100644
--- a/drivers/amba/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/amba/bus.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static const struct dev_pm_ops amba_pm = {
  * DMA configuration for platform and AMBA bus is same. So here we reuse
  * platform's DMA config routine.
  */
-struct bus_type amba_bustype = {
+const struct bus_type amba_bustype = {
 	.name		= "amba",
 	.dev_groups	= amba_dev_groups,
 	.match		= amba_match,
diff --git a/include/linux/amba/bus.h b/include/linux/amba/bus.h
index 958a55bcc708..dda2f3ea89cb 100644
--- a/include/linux/amba/bus.h
+++ b/include/linux/amba/bus.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ enum amba_vendor {
 	AMBA_VENDOR_LSI = 0xb6,
 };
 
-extern struct bus_type amba_bustype;
+extern const struct bus_type amba_bustype;
 
 #define to_amba_device(d)	container_of_const(d, struct amba_device, dev)