Form: S-8

Initial registration statement for securities to be offered to employees pursuant to employee benefit plans

December 22, 2011

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the Walmart Deferred Compensation Matching Plan of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., of our reports dated March 30, 2011, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., incorporated by reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended January 31, 2011, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Rogers, Arkansas

December 22, 2011