diff --git a/include/drivers/io/io_storage.h b/include/drivers/io/io_storage.h
index 0e6ffd6..a301ad5 100644
--- a/include/drivers/io/io_storage.h
+++ b/include/drivers/io/io_storage.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2019, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2020, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 /* UUID specification - used to refer to data accessed using UUIDs (i.e. FIP
  * images) */
 typedef struct io_uuid_spec {
-	const uuid_t uuid;
+	uuid_t uuid;
 } io_uuid_spec_t;
 
 /* Block specification - used to refer to data on a device supporting