diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 4583a78fe59..d278841ad39 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2017-10-29  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
+
+	* xtensa-xtregs.c (xtensa_regtable_t) <name>: Constify.
+
 2017-10-28  Maksim Dzabraev  <dzabraew@gmail.com>
 
 	PR python/21213
diff --git a/gdb/xtensa-xtregs.c b/gdb/xtensa-xtregs.c
index 97f7f62d9cd..0d2808df091 100644
--- a/gdb/xtensa-xtregs.c
+++ b/gdb/xtensa-xtregs.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ typedef struct {
   int   size;
   int   coproc;
   int   dbnum;
-  char* name
+  const char* name
 ;} xtensa_regtable_t;
 
 #define XTENSA_ELF_XTREG_SIZE	4