diff --git a/drivers/firmware/memmap.c b/drivers/firmware/memmap.c
index 8e59be3782cb..55b9cfad8a04 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/memmap.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/memmap.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static void __meminit release_firmware_map_entry(struct kobject *kobj)
 	kfree(entry);
 }
 
-static struct kobj_type __refdata memmap_ktype = {
+static const struct kobj_type memmap_ktype = {
 	.release	= release_firmware_map_entry,
 	.sysfs_ops	= &memmap_attr_ops,
 	.default_groups	= def_groups,