diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
index f57969de2f1cb2c57401b12f8d9f7580de32ff3f..2148883db66d9c80dc7f8a13a3b17f7adb34d0a8 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -1955,9 +1955,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uart_parse_earlycon);
  *	eg: 115200n8r
  */
 void
-uart_parse_options(char *options, int *baud, int *parity, int *bits, int *flow)
+uart_parse_options(const char *options, int *baud, int *parity,
+		   int *bits, int *flow)
 {
-	char *s = options;
+	const char *s = options;
 
 	*baud = simple_strtoul(s, NULL, 10);
 	while (*s >= '0' && *s <= '9')
diff --git a/include/linux/serial_core.h b/include/linux/serial_core.h
index b60b225c0a599245e85d2abe5f726a736a6ea234..4c310c34ddadd49b9e14b1202522bb493782e8a3 100644
--- a/include/linux/serial_core.h
+++ b/include/linux/serial_core.h
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ struct uart_port *uart_get_console(struct uart_port *ports, int nr,
 				   struct console *c);
 int uart_parse_earlycon(char *p, unsigned char *iotype, resource_size_t *addr,
 			char **options);
-void uart_parse_options(char *options, int *baud, int *parity, int *bits,
+void uart_parse_options(const char *options, int *baud, int *parity, int *bits,
 			int *flow);
 int uart_set_options(struct uart_port *port, struct console *co, int baud,
 		     int parity, int bits, int flow);