diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-setting-ip-config.c b/libnm-core/nm-setting-ip-config.c
index 1003994f10..6155719de1 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-setting-ip-config.c
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-setting-ip-config.c
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ nm_ip_route_set_attribute (NMIPRoute *route, const char *name, GVariant *value)
 }
 
 #define ATTR_SPEC_PTR(name, type, v4, v6, str_type) \
-	&(NMVariantAttributeSpec) { name, type, v4, v6, FALSE, FALSE, str_type }
+	&((const NMVariantAttributeSpec) { name, type, v4, v6, FALSE, FALSE, str_type })
 
 static const NMVariantAttributeSpec * const ip_route_attribute_spec[] = {
 	ATTR_SPEC_PTR (NM_IP_ROUTE_ATTRIBUTE_TABLE,           G_VARIANT_TYPE_UINT32,   TRUE,  TRUE,  0 ),
diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-setting-sriov.c b/libnm-core/nm-setting-sriov.c
index a5d672382c..3547baf20f 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-setting-sriov.c
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-setting-sriov.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ nm_sriov_vf_get_attribute (const NMSriovVF *vf, const char *name)
 }
 
 #define SRIOV_ATTR_SPEC_PTR(name, type, str_type) \
-	&(NMVariantAttributeSpec) { name, type, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, str_type }
+	&((const NMVariantAttributeSpec) { name, type, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, str_type })
 
 const NMVariantAttributeSpec * const _nm_sriov_vf_attribute_spec[] = {
 	SRIOV_ATTR_SPEC_PTR (NM_SRIOV_VF_ATTRIBUTE_MAC,          G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING,  'm'),
diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-utils.c b/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
index d25aa45245..215823a197 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
@@ -2318,7 +2318,7 @@ fail:
 }
 
 #define TC_ATTR_SPEC_PTR(name, type, no_value, consumes_rest, str_type) \
-	&(NMVariantAttributeSpec) { name, type, FALSE, FALSE, no_value, consumes_rest, str_type }
+	&((const NMVariantAttributeSpec) { name, type, FALSE, FALSE, no_value, consumes_rest, str_type })
 
 static const NMVariantAttributeSpec * const tc_object_attribute_spec[] = {
 	TC_ATTR_SPEC_PTR ("root",    G_VARIANT_TYPE_BOOLEAN, TRUE,  FALSE, 0   ),