diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index 0ac2f90ab840c8f1863013ba9551a3266247f738..d610e995bbfdef8fd0a25224029efbc3060f20d1 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ static const struct attribute_group *i2c_dev_attr_groups[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-const static struct dev_pm_ops i2c_device_pm_ops = {
+static const struct dev_pm_ops i2c_device_pm_ops = {
 	.suspend = i2c_device_pm_suspend,
 	.resume = i2c_device_pm_resume,
 };