diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/bus.c b/drivers/cxl/core/bus.c
index ebd061d039508..46ce58376580b 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/bus.c
@@ -485,9 +485,7 @@ static int decoder_populate_targets(struct cxl_decoder *cxld,
 
 struct cxl_decoder *cxl_decoder_alloc(struct cxl_port *port, int nr_targets)
 {
-	struct cxl_decoder *cxld, cxld_const_init = {
-		.nr_targets = nr_targets,
-	};
+	struct cxl_decoder *cxld;
 	struct device *dev;
 	int rc = 0;
 
@@ -497,13 +495,13 @@ struct cxl_decoder *cxl_decoder_alloc(struct cxl_port *port, int nr_targets)
 	cxld = kzalloc(struct_size(cxld, target, nr_targets), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cxld)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	memcpy(cxld, &cxld_const_init, sizeof(cxld_const_init));
 
 	rc = ida_alloc(&port->decoder_ida, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (rc < 0)
 		goto err;
 
 	cxld->id = rc;
+	cxld->nr_targets = nr_targets;
 	dev = &cxld->dev;
 	device_initialize(dev);
 	device_set_pm_not_required(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/cxl/cxl.h b/drivers/cxl/cxl.h
index ab4596f0b7515..a5a0be3f088be 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/cxl.h
+++ b/drivers/cxl/cxl.h
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ struct cxl_decoder {
 	int interleave_granularity;
 	enum cxl_decoder_type target_type;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	const int nr_targets;
+	int nr_targets;
 	struct cxl_dport *target[];
 };