diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c b/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
index 88b9703318e4..d92f8aa2876b 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
@@ -570,7 +570,9 @@ static int asus_input_mapping(struct hid_device *hdev,
 static int asus_start_multitouch(struct hid_device *hdev)
 {
 	int ret;
-	const unsigned char buf[] = { FEATURE_REPORT_ID, 0x00, 0x03, 0x01, 0x00 };
+	static const unsigned char buf[] = {
+		FEATURE_REPORT_ID, 0x00, 0x03, 0x01, 0x00
+	};
 	unsigned char *dmabuf = kmemdup(buf, sizeof(buf), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!dmabuf) {