diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.c
index 280b3177edbd0a1d28029f7a214b56f2efb3cb4b..0d49d73d1b711274387f6f23988415073774bc78 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static int nforce2_cpu_exit(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct cpufreq_driver nforce2_driver = {
+static struct cpufreq_driver nforce2_driver = {
 	.name = "nforce2",
 	.verify = nforce2_verify,
 	.target = nforce2_target,
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/e_powersaver.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/e_powersaver.c
index 8bedaad1193bdcb0a258f70cb9459a76c6a4a174..f43d98e11cc72bbe72bc66a5b9cbcaac0704e2d7 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/e_powersaver.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/e_powersaver.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static struct freq_attr* eps_attr[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
-static const struct cpufreq_driver eps_driver = {
+static struct cpufreq_driver eps_driver = {
 	.verify		= eps_verify,
 	.target		= eps_target,
 	.init		= eps_cpu_init,
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c
index 6905de3a11e864e3b826a91856a9c7d73e75fb9c..f317276afa7af179906f2035705bcf66a91d1824 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static struct freq_attr* elanfreq_attr[] = {
 };
 
 
-static const struct cpufreq_driver elanfreq_driver = {
+static struct cpufreq_driver elanfreq_driver = {
 	.get		= elanfreq_get_cpu_frequency,
 	.verify		= elanfreq_verify,
 	.target		= elanfreq_target,
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c
index 9a66cab7fe14788bb15da723b8960effdff0e732..6667e9cceb9fd8c3dbfe5d75a93008b27111a997 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ static int cpufreq_gx_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
  * cpufreq_gx_init:
  *   MediaGX/Geode GX initialize cpufreq driver
  */
-static const struct cpufreq_driver gx_suspmod_driver = {
+static struct cpufreq_driver gx_suspmod_driver = {
 	.get		= gx_get_cpuspeed,
 	.verify		= cpufreq_gx_verify,
 	.target		= cpufreq_gx_target,
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/longhaul.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/longhaul.c
index 8cc6952d777232c6000fe93e78dc576aac2bc541..a1f1b715bcf8f0fd7cda241a05885c44f344f170 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/longhaul.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/longhaul.c
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ static struct freq_attr* longhaul_attr[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
-static const struct cpufreq_driver longhaul_driver = {
+static struct cpufreq_driver longhaul_driver = {
 	.verify	= longhaul_verify,
 	.target	= longhaul_target,
 	.get	= longhaul_get,
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/longrun.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/longrun.c
index e11fd86ce8fb942a40fb48080efb4c472ad9aef3..b2689514295ab361057623dd7c2afb56d7deb81e 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/longrun.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/longrun.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #define dprintk(msg...) cpufreq_debug_printk(CPUFREQ_DEBUG_DRIVER, "longrun", msg)
 
-static const struct cpufreq_driver longrun_driver;
+static struct cpufreq_driver	longrun_driver;
 
 /**
  * longrun_{low,high}_freq is needed for the conversion of cpufreq kHz
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static int __init longrun_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 }
 
 
-static const struct cpufreq_driver longrun_driver = {
+static struct cpufreq_driver longrun_driver = {
 	.flags		= CPUFREQ_CONST_LOOPS,
 	.verify		= longrun_verify_policy,
 	.setpolicy	= longrun_set_policy,
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k6.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k6.c
index 2a0d89cb0b4bd7f8e392eb85fe47302bf73b4c0a..f89524051e4a3aa78012fd16a4179976764dc7ec 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k6.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k6.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static struct freq_attr* powernow_k6_attr[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
-static const struct cpufreq_driver powernow_k6_driver = {
+static struct cpufreq_driver powernow_k6_driver = {
 	.verify		= powernow_k6_verify,
 	.target		= powernow_k6_target,
 	.init		= powernow_k6_cpu_init,
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k7.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k7.c
index d98529c93a1c6848e0288c94fe7aae2ee88f7bb6..837b04166a47dc37c7cf5822ca027b442b7381fa 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k7.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k7.c
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ static struct freq_attr* powernow_table_attr[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
-static const struct cpufreq_driver powernow_driver = {
+static struct cpufreq_driver powernow_driver = {
 	.verify	= powernow_verify,
 	.target	= powernow_target,
 	.get	= powernow_get,
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
index 8ed7b3af0553bd8c121d2bb579a8501475466147..fe3b67005ebbb1d04ea17c20e804b47cf8cede7e 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ static struct freq_attr* powernow_k8_attr[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
-static const struct cpufreq_driver cpufreq_amd64_driver = {
+static struct cpufreq_driver cpufreq_amd64_driver = {
 	.verify = powernowk8_verify,
 	.target = powernowk8_target,
 	.init = powernowk8_cpu_init,
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/sc520_freq.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/sc520_freq.c
index eddbe04a08416c1aed1d51f1310679c3ed4d90b1..b8fb4b521c62806a2ec8e3134a281590e0dc8b7a 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/sc520_freq.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/sc520_freq.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static struct freq_attr* sc520_freq_attr[] = {
 };
 
 
-static const struct cpufreq_driver sc520_freq_driver = {
+static struct cpufreq_driver sc520_freq_driver = {
 	.get	= sc520_freq_get_cpu_frequency,
 	.verify	= sc520_freq_verify,
 	.target	= sc520_freq_target,
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-ich.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-ich.c
index b94e347f08d3959b53451f5a6dd14e98395fbf53..b425cd3d1838377aee89ad50411b2f51b6d40306 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-ich.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-ich.c
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static struct freq_attr* speedstep_attr[] = {
 };
 
 
-static const struct cpufreq_driver speedstep_driver = {
+static struct cpufreq_driver speedstep_driver = {
 	.name	= "speedstep-ich",
 	.verify	= speedstep_verify,
 	.target	= speedstep_target,
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-smi.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-smi.c
index d4b7404bf3159042b883052406ecaa0ce1bf3c01..ff0d89806114b63b8db4010664cf410352c7ba80 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-smi.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-smi.c
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static struct freq_attr* speedstep_attr[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
-static const struct cpufreq_driver speedstep_driver = {
+static struct cpufreq_driver speedstep_driver = {
 	.name		= "speedstep-smi",
 	.verify		= speedstep_verify,
 	.target		= speedstep_target,
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index a12d6a236df1c53425df0068ff56f0cb3e9be72f..f52facc570f57c97841b7a4bd809f6929bbe88a8 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@ static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata cpufreq_cpu_notifier =
  * (and isn't unregistered in the meantime).
  *
  */
-int cpufreq_register_driver(const struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data)
+int cpufreq_register_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
@@ -1817,7 +1817,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_register_driver);
  * Returns zero if successful, and -EINVAL if the cpufreq_driver is
  * currently not initialised.
  */
-int cpufreq_unregister_driver(const struct cpufreq_driver *driver)
+int cpufreq_unregister_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 3a25235d79daa64145141789f2d1ee4236387010..0899e2cdcdd15761c9e1eaccb926acde77294e1c 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ struct cpufreq_driver {
 #define CPUFREQ_PM_NO_WARN	0x04	/* don't warn on suspend/resume speed
 					 * mismatches */
 
-int cpufreq_register_driver(const struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data);
-int cpufreq_unregister_driver(const struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data);
+int cpufreq_register_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data);
+int cpufreq_unregister_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data);
 
 
 void cpufreq_notify_transition(struct cpufreq_freqs *freqs, unsigned int state);