diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
index 73354ee..1fcd27c 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@
 static int rpmsg_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	vq_callback_t *vq_cbs[] = { rpmsg_recv_done, rpmsg_xmit_done };
-	const char *names[] = { "input", "output" };
+	static const char * const names[] = { "input", "output" };
 	struct virtqueue *vqs[2];
 	struct virtproc_info *vrp;
 	void *bufs_va;