diff --git a/kernel/seccomp.c b/kernel/seccomp.c
index 737436ebb4fe..a0ffcb1a2bee 100644
--- a/kernel/seccomp.c
+++ b/kernel/seccomp.c
@@ -513,14 +513,14 @@ static void seccomp_send_sigsys(int syscall, int reason)
  * To be fully secure this must be combined with rlimit
  * to limit the stack allocations too.
  */
-static int mode1_syscalls[] = {
+static const int mode1_syscalls[] = {
 	__NR_seccomp_read, __NR_seccomp_write, __NR_seccomp_exit, __NR_seccomp_sigreturn,
 	0, /* null terminated */
 };
 
 static void __secure_computing_strict(int this_syscall)
 {
-	int *syscall_whitelist = mode1_syscalls;
+	const int *syscall_whitelist = mode1_syscalls;
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	if (in_compat_syscall())
 		syscall_whitelist = get_compat_mode1_syscalls();