diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 3fc9f5a..785d7d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP
-  void __might_sleep(char *file, int line, int preempt_offset);
+  void __might_sleep(const char *file, int line, int preempt_offset);
 /**
  * might_sleep - annotation for functions that can sleep
  *
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@
 # define might_sleep() \
 	do { __might_sleep(__FILE__, __LINE__, 0); might_resched(); } while (0)
 #else
-  static inline void __might_sleep(char *file, int line, int preempt_offset) { }
+  static inline void __might_sleep(const char *file, int line,
+				   int preempt_offset) { }
 # define might_sleep() do { might_resched(); } while (0)
 #endif