diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index d2a2f8f2b4ed49d7c9e60e4c3a768f7ce53065e4..ff33ebbf1dc759271ea89a0c475af54864ea4518 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static int class_hotplug_filter(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static char *class_hotplug_name(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj)
+static const char *class_hotplug_name(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj)
 {
 	struct class_device *class_dev = to_class_dev(kobj);
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index fbc223486f81b2b8380b0e157a81e429986ff73c..32f3f09a42e087db4386425920c1aa26ef4aa1f6 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static int dev_hotplug_filter(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static char *dev_hotplug_name(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj)
+static const char *dev_hotplug_name(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj)
 {
 	struct device *dev = to_dev(kobj);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 76dc67245c0c49cbedca580aeb721387e2b61de2..3b22304f12fd9f542f9a09f10e7bcde9531a9fd7 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ struct kobj_type {
  */
 struct kset_hotplug_ops {
 	int (*filter)(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj);
-	char *(*name)(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj);
+	const char *(*name)(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj);
 	int (*hotplug)(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj, char **envp,
 			int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size);
 };