diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/utils.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/utils.h
index 6b424a30f..7c3988b2e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/utils.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/utils.h
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static inline unsigned int nvgpu_posix_hweight64(uint64_t x)
 	})
 
 #define container_of(ptr, type, member) ({                    \
-	const typeof(((type *)0)->member) *__mptr = (ptr);    \
+	typeof(((type *)0)->member) *__mptr = (ptr);    \
 	(type *)((char *)__mptr - offsetof(type, member)); })
 
 #define MAX_ERRNO	4095