diff --git a/include/sound/pcm.h b/include/sound/pcm.h
index 68372bc1e11b649e3081a120f76e4bedc03fdd55..e91e6047ca6f6ec2d3635821da43a95837af443e 100644
--- a/include/sound/pcm.h
+++ b/include/sound/pcm.h
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ int snd_pcm_hw_constraint_integer(struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime, snd_pcm_hw_pa
 int snd_pcm_hw_constraint_list(struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime, 
 			       unsigned int cond,
 			       snd_pcm_hw_param_t var,
-			       struct snd_pcm_hw_constraint_list *l);
+			       const struct snd_pcm_hw_constraint_list *l);
 int snd_pcm_hw_constraint_ratnums(struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime, 
 				  unsigned int cond,
 				  snd_pcm_hw_param_t var,
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_lib.c b/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
index 8f312fa6c282c88db2cd0c84389096228fe70fc4..7ae6719233933b9eb904aea87da3543b2b671312 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_lib.c
@@ -1250,10 +1250,10 @@ static int snd_pcm_hw_rule_list(struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params,
 int snd_pcm_hw_constraint_list(struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime,
 			       unsigned int cond,
 			       snd_pcm_hw_param_t var,
-			       struct snd_pcm_hw_constraint_list *l)
+			       const struct snd_pcm_hw_constraint_list *l)
 {
 	return snd_pcm_hw_rule_add(runtime, cond, var,
-				   snd_pcm_hw_rule_list, l,
+				   snd_pcm_hw_rule_list, (void *)l,
 				   var, -1);
 }