diff --git a/hw/virtio/vdpa-dev.c b/hw/virtio/vdpa-dev.c
index f22d5d5bc0..e405926de0 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vdpa-dev.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vdpa-dev.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_vhost_vdpa_device = {
     .unmigratable = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
     .version_id = 1,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_VIRTIO_DEVICE,
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     },
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-user-fs.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-user-fs.c
index eb91723855..cca2cd41be 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-user-fs.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-user-fs.c
@@ -373,11 +373,11 @@ static const VMStateDescription vuf_backend_vmstate;
 static const VMStateDescription vuf_vmstate = {
     .name = "vhost-user-fs",
     .version_id = 0,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_VIRTIO_DEVICE,
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     },
-    .subsections = (const VMStateDescription * []) {
+    .subsections = (const VMStateDescription * const []) {
         &vuf_backend_vmstate,
         NULL,
     }
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vuf_backend_vmstate = {
     .needed = vuf_is_internal_migration,
     .pre_load = vuf_check_migration_support,
     .pre_save = vuf_check_migration_support,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         {
             .name = "back-end",
             .info = &(const VMStateInfo) {
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-vsock.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-vsock.c
index aa16d584ee..d5ca0b5a10 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-vsock.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-vsock.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_vhost_vsock = {
     .name = "virtio-vhost_vsock",
     .minimum_version_id = VHOST_VSOCK_SAVEVM_VERSION,
     .version_id = VHOST_VSOCK_SAVEVM_VERSION,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_VIRTIO_DEVICE,
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     },
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
index d004cf29d2..486fe3da32 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_balloon_free_page_hint = {
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
     .needed = virtio_balloon_free_page_support,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_UINT32(free_page_hint_cmd_id, VirtIOBalloon),
         VMSTATE_UINT32(free_page_hint_status, VirtIOBalloon),
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_balloon_page_poison = {
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
     .needed = virtio_balloon_page_poison_support,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_UINT32(poison_val, VirtIOBalloon),
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     }
@@ -840,12 +840,12 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_balloon_device = {
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
     .post_load = virtio_balloon_post_load_device,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_UINT32(num_pages, VirtIOBalloon),
         VMSTATE_UINT32(actual, VirtIOBalloon),
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     },
-    .subsections = (const VMStateDescription * []) {
+    .subsections = (const VMStateDescription * const []) {
         &vmstate_virtio_balloon_free_page_hint,
         &vmstate_virtio_balloon_page_poison,
         NULL
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_balloon = {
     .name = "virtio-balloon",
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
     .version_id = 1,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_VIRTIO_DEVICE,
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     },
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-crypto.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-crypto.c
index 0e2cc8d5a8..fe1313f2ad 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-crypto.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-crypto.c
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_crypto = {
     .unmigratable = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = VIRTIO_CRYPTO_VM_VERSION,
     .version_id = VIRTIO_CRYPTO_VM_VERSION,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_VIRTIO_DEVICE,
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     },
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.c
index 9d463efc52..8a4bd933c6 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.c
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ static void virtio_iommu_instance_init(Object *obj)
     .name = "interval",                                \
     .version_id = 1,                                   \
     .minimum_version_id = 1,                           \
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {                       \
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {                 \
         VMSTATE_UINT64(low, VirtIOIOMMUInterval),      \
         VMSTATE_UINT64(high, VirtIOIOMMUInterval),     \
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()                          \
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ static void virtio_iommu_instance_init(Object *obj)
     .name = "mapping",                                \
     .version_id = 1,                                  \
     .minimum_version_id = 1,                          \
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {                      \
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {                \
         VMSTATE_UINT64(phys_addr, VirtIOIOMMUMapping),\
         VMSTATE_UINT32(flags, VirtIOIOMMUMapping),    \
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()                         \
@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_endpoint = {
     .name = "endpoint",
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_UINT32(id, VirtIOIOMMUEndpoint),
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     }
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_domain = {
     .version_id = 2,
     .minimum_version_id = 2,
     .pre_load = domain_preload,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_UINT32(id, VirtIOIOMMUDomain),
         VMSTATE_GTREE_V(mappings, VirtIOIOMMUDomain, 1,
                         vmstate_interval_mapping,
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_iommu_device = {
     .minimum_version_id = 2,
     .version_id = 2,
     .post_load = iommu_post_load,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_GTREE_DIRECT_KEY_V(domains, VirtIOIOMMU, 2,
                                    &vmstate_domain, VirtIOIOMMUDomain),
         VMSTATE_UINT8_V(config.bypass, VirtIOIOMMU, 2),
@@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_iommu = {
     .minimum_version_id = 2,
     .priority = MIG_PRI_IOMMU,
     .version_id = 2,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_VIRTIO_DEVICE,
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     },
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c
index 75ee38aa46..dc4709790f 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_mem_sanity_checks = {
     .name = "virtio-mem-device/sanity-checks",
     .pre_save = virtio_mem_mig_sanity_checks_pre_save,
     .post_load = virtio_mem_mig_sanity_checks_post_load,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_UINT64(addr, VirtIOMEMMigSanityChecks),
         VMSTATE_UINT64(region_size, VirtIOMEMMigSanityChecks),
         VMSTATE_UINT64(block_size, VirtIOMEMMigSanityChecks),
@@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_mem_device = {
     .version_id = 1,
     .priority = MIG_PRI_VIRTIO_MEM,
     .post_load = virtio_mem_post_load,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_WITH_TMP_TEST(VirtIOMEM, virtio_mem_vmstate_field_exists,
                               VirtIOMEMMigSanityChecks,
                               vmstate_virtio_mem_sanity_checks),
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_mem_device_early = {
     .version_id = 1,
     .early_setup = true,
     .post_load = virtio_mem_post_load_early,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_WITH_TMP(VirtIOMEM, VirtIOMEMMigSanityChecks,
                          vmstate_virtio_mem_sanity_checks),
         VMSTATE_UINT64(size, VirtIOMEM),
@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_mem = {
     .name = "virtio-mem",
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
     .version_id = 1,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_VIRTIO_DEVICE,
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     },
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-mmio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-mmio.c
index 22f15e1e02..22f9fbcf5a 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-mmio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-mmio.c
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_mmio_queue_state = {
     .name = "virtio_mmio/queue_state",
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_UINT16(num, VirtIOMMIOQueue),
         VMSTATE_BOOL(enabled, VirtIOMMIOQueue),
         VMSTATE_UINT32_ARRAY(desc, VirtIOMMIOQueue, 2),
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_mmio_state_sub = {
     .name = "virtio_mmio/state",
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_UINT32_ARRAY(guest_features, VirtIOMMIOProxy, 2),
         VMSTATE_STRUCT_ARRAY(vqs, VirtIOMMIOProxy, VIRTIO_QUEUE_MAX, 0,
                              vmstate_virtio_mmio_queue_state,
@@ -592,10 +592,10 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_mmio = {
     .name = "virtio_mmio",
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     },
-    .subsections = (const VMStateDescription * []) {
+    .subsections = (const VMStateDescription * const []) {
         &vmstate_virtio_mmio_state_sub,
         NULL
     }
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
index e433879542..1a7039fb0c 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_pci_modern_queue_state = {
     .name = "virtio_pci/modern_queue_state",
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_UINT16(num, VirtIOPCIQueue),
         VMSTATE_UNUSED(1), /* enabled was stored as be16 */
         VMSTATE_BOOL(enabled, VirtIOPCIQueue),
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_pci_modern_state_sub = {
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
     .needed = &virtio_pci_modern_state_needed,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_UINT32(dfselect, VirtIOPCIProxy),
         VMSTATE_UINT32(gfselect, VirtIOPCIProxy),
         VMSTATE_UINT32_ARRAY(guest_features, VirtIOPCIProxy, 2),
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_pci = {
     .name = "virtio_pci",
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     },
-    .subsections = (const VMStateDescription*[]) {
+    .subsections = (const VMStateDescription * const []) {
         &vmstate_virtio_pci_modern_state_sub,
         NULL
     }
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-rng.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-rng.c
index 7e12fc03bf..f74efffef7 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-rng.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-rng.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_rng = {
     .name = "virtio-rng",
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
     .version_id = 1,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_VIRTIO_DEVICE,
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     },
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index 3a160f86ed..7549094154 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -2594,7 +2594,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtqueue = {
     .name = "virtqueue_state",
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_UINT64(vring.avail, struct VirtQueue),
         VMSTATE_UINT64(vring.used, struct VirtQueue),
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
@@ -2605,7 +2605,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_packed_virtqueue = {
     .name = "packed_virtqueue_state",
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_UINT16(last_avail_idx, struct VirtQueue),
         VMSTATE_BOOL(last_avail_wrap_counter, struct VirtQueue),
         VMSTATE_UINT16(used_idx, struct VirtQueue),
@@ -2620,7 +2620,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_virtqueues = {
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
     .needed = &virtio_virtqueue_needed,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_POINTER_KNOWN(vq, struct VirtIODevice,
                       VIRTIO_QUEUE_MAX, 0, vmstate_virtqueue, VirtQueue),
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
@@ -2632,7 +2632,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_packed_virtqueues = {
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
     .needed = &virtio_packed_virtqueue_needed,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_POINTER_KNOWN(vq, struct VirtIODevice,
                       VIRTIO_QUEUE_MAX, 0, vmstate_packed_virtqueue, VirtQueue),
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
@@ -2643,7 +2643,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_ringsize = {
     .name = "ringsize_state",
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_UINT32(vring.num_default, struct VirtQueue),
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     }
@@ -2654,7 +2654,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_ringsize = {
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
     .needed = &virtio_ringsize_needed,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_STRUCT_VARRAY_POINTER_KNOWN(vq, struct VirtIODevice,
                       VIRTIO_QUEUE_MAX, 0, vmstate_ringsize, VirtQueue),
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
@@ -2697,7 +2697,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_extra_state = {
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
     .needed = &virtio_extra_state_needed,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         {
             .name         = "extra_state",
             .version_id   = 0,
@@ -2716,7 +2716,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_device_endian = {
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
     .needed = &virtio_device_endian_needed,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_UINT8(device_endian, VirtIODevice),
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     }
@@ -2727,7 +2727,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_64bit_features = {
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
     .needed = &virtio_64bit_features_needed,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_UINT64(guest_features, VirtIODevice),
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     }
@@ -2738,7 +2738,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_broken = {
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
     .needed = &virtio_broken_needed,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_BOOL(broken, VirtIODevice),
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     }
@@ -2749,7 +2749,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_started = {
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
     .needed = &virtio_started_needed,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_BOOL(started, VirtIODevice),
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     }
@@ -2760,7 +2760,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio_disabled = {
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
     .needed = &virtio_disabled_needed,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_BOOL(disabled, VirtIODevice),
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     }
@@ -2770,10 +2770,10 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_virtio = {
     .name = "virtio",
     .version_id = 1,
     .minimum_version_id = 1,
-    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
         VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
     },
-    .subsections = (const VMStateDescription*[]) {
+    .subsections = (const VMStateDescription * const []) {
         &vmstate_virtio_device_endian,
         &vmstate_virtio_64bit_features,
         &vmstate_virtio_virtqueues,
